Can ping, But not Ftp.

[tivone]

I have installed a usb-200m on my hdvr2. Load the drivers from bash. I can ping the tivo from my pc.

The pc says its pinging fine. No lost packets. But if I run ifconfig I get:

eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:10:60:24:61:03
inet addr:192.168.0.4 Bcast:192.168.0.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:32 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
----->> TX packets:0 errors:32064 dropped:32 overruns:0

I can run tivoftpd from bash. but can't login. Error: network is down.
I know there is a log file some where I can look for an error. but I'm not able to view the logs. I'm sure there is a way but I'm new to this.

I know it has to be something easy. I'm just over looking it.

Any help would be Great.

Thanks

[David Bought]

You need to use an ftp client that gives you a more specific error than "network is down." Examples of useful error messages are:

"Connection refused"
"Connection timed out"
"Unable to resolve hostname"

[tivone]

I use netinfo to scan the tivo for open ports. All port were closeded. Both the ftp clients I have just say network is down.

[David Bought]

Originally posted by tivone
I use netinfo to scan the tivo for open ports. All port were closeded. Both the ftp clients I have just say network is down.

Are you getting a TCP RST or ICMP error message back when you try to connect?

If so, your service(s) are not listening for connections for some reason (or somehow the netfilter-free 2.4.4 kernel is inexplicably rejecting your packets).

If not, your packets are disappearing, and this is probably a problem with the network interface on the tivo.

Playing with Ethereal is a good way to troubleshoot networking problems. In many cases it is overkill but it will teach you a lot about the mechanics of what's actually happening on the wire.