[time-nuts] Re: FTP with Trimble NetRS

[paul swed]

Skip
Use putty to FTP.
I think you have to call out a port. Plus most modern apps want secure FTP.
Since the netrs was created thinks have attempted to become more secure.
Putty gives you a bit of a handle on this and thats. May help you find the
issue.
Regards
Paul
WB8TSL

On Sun, Mar 13, 2022 at 12:45 PM Skip Withrow <skip.withrow at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Hello Time-Nuts,
>
> I would like to download files from a Trimble NetRS via ftp and seem
> to be running into a roadblock.
>
> I'm running NetRS firmware 1.3-2 talking to it with a Windows-10
> running a DOS command prompt window.
>
> Issuing an 'ftp IP'  (IP = IP address of NetRS) gets a response of
> 'Connected to IP.' (there is a period after the IP address).  Then,
> nothing.  No prompt asking for user name, and no response to any
> keyboard input.  Then, after a timeout period, it responds with
> 'Connection closed by remote host.'
>
> I have tried switching to named versus anonymous ftp on the NetRS.
> Have also switched to another computer running Windows-7.  Always
> behaves the same.
>
> Any suggestions?  Has anyone connected to the ftp server on the NetRS?
>  I have to believe that it works (if you get everything right) as
> there are many of these units collecting remote data around the world.
>
> Thanks,
> Skip Withrow
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