FTP

[Jerry Magrann]

I’ve been reading numerous posts in the forum here and have been unsuccessful trying various methods for the following:

I want to transmit a text file over an established VPN connection – the vendor on the receiving side has provided a user name / password and even a port.  I’ve been trying to work with the fileset-ftp protocol, entering data under the FTP options tab, but no luck.  Since the VPN connection is there, should this just be normal TCP/IP?  Reason I’m trying FTP is because where the vendor wants the file to land is already established on their side to process it.

If VPN IP is 10.XXX.XX.XX, Port is 1234, username is Admin, Password is ABC123, that is the best way to connect?

Thanks – Jerry

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[David Barr]

I would verify that they are using the FTP protocol, and I would test connectivity by running the standard FTP client from your Cloverleaf host. If you’re on Unix, you would go to a command line and type “ftp 10.XXX.XX.XX 1234”. See if you can log in, get, put and list files.

[Robert Milfajt]

I have seen this from time to time with VPN connections.  Keep in mind I am running CL 5.8.  If you’re server has more than one NIC and more than one native IP address (for example a clustered environment), you cannot guarantee which IP address will connect with FTP (normally), and VPN tunnels can be quite specific on which addresses can use/connect, etc.

There is a parameter in most protocols called Local Binding Address which ensures that when Cloverleaf connects, TCP/IP or FTP, that it will always use the IP address you specify to talk to the other server.

Hope this helps,

Robert Milfajt
Northwestern Medicine
Chicago, IL

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