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I play several online games. In order for the games to update patches I need

to be able to access their ftp server. I get an FTP connection error! Please

check the internet line connection. If I disable my windows xp firewall I

can connect without a problem, but then I end up playing the game with no

firewall which makes me nervous. I have added the associated files to the

firewall exceptions, also added the correct ports to the exceptions. In

internet tools I have unchecked the passive ftp, and also tried it while

checked. Nothing seems to work. Any help would be appreciated.

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    Rye_Encoke wrote:

    > I play several online games. In order for the games to update patches I need

    > to be able to access their ftp server. I get an FTP connection error! Please

    > check the internet line connection. If I disable my windows xp firewall I

    > can connect without a problem, but then I end up playing the game with no

    > firewall which makes me nervous. I have added the associated files to the

    > firewall exceptions, also added the correct ports to the exceptions. In

    > internet tools I have unchecked the passive ftp, and also tried it while

    > checked. Nothing seems to work. Any help would be appreciated.

     

    What FTP client are you using?

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    I don't use a client at all as far as I know. I click on the shortcut to

    start the game, it says connecting to FTP server, then after a minute or so I

    get the error message. I guess the game client has its own ftp client built

    in?

     

    "GHalleck" wrote:

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    > Rye_Encoke wrote:

    >

    > > I play several online games. In order for the games to update patches I need

    > > to be able to access their ftp server. I get an FTP connection error! Please

    > > check the internet line connection. If I disable my windows xp firewall I

    > > can connect without a problem, but then I end up playing the game with no

    > > firewall which makes me nervous. I have added the associated files to the

    > > firewall exceptions, also added the correct ports to the exceptions. In

    > > internet tools I have unchecked the passive ftp, and also tried it while

    > > checked. Nothing seems to work. Any help would be appreciated.

    >

    > What FTP client are you using?

    >

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    Rye_Encoke wrote:

    > I don't use a client at all as far as I know. I click on the shortcut to

    > start the game, it says connecting to FTP server, then after a minute or so I

    > get the error message. I guess the game client has its own ftp client built

    > in?

    >

     

    Not a very self-assuring arrangement if playing the game to get to its

    FTP server requires turning the firewall off. One alternative might be

    to put the game into a "trusted" zone, allowing a connection to "tunnel"

    through the firewall. Read the firewall instructions on how to do this.

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