Brian asks:

> On my networked PC connected to the HP3000 via Reflection (8.0) I can ping
>  all my ip addresses in both directions (pc to 3000 and 3000 to pc) :
>
>  219.109.182.182 (the HP3000)
>  219.109.182.183 (the PC)
>  219.109.182.184 (HP Laser Jet printer #1)
>  219.109.182.185 (HP Laser Jet printer #2)
>
>  However, when I try to open any of these four ip addresses in FTP I get the
>  error message:
>
>  Brians World:ftp
>
>  File Transfer Protocol [A0010A02] (C) Hewlett-Packard Co. 1990
>  ftp> open 219.109.182.183
>  Cannot connect to host: 219.109.182.183  (FTPERR 9)
>  Connection refused (SOCKERR)
>  ftp> exit
>
>  END OF PROGRAM
>  Brians World:
>
>  What is wrong?

The "wrong" is that you're trying to FTP *to* your PC, presuming that it can
act as an FTP server. But it can't. PC's are FTP clients only. Indeed, you
wouldn't want it any other way. If all PC were servers, any yahoo that runs a
web page anywhere in the world could hijack your machine by silently FTP'ing
executable code into your PC and then running it.

If you do want to FTP to your PC, you're going to need to put an FTP server
on it. The FTP code that exists on a PC is client-side only. For server
purposes, I've been extremely pleased with RhinoSoft's offering, Serv-U:

     http://www.serv-u.com/

Its security is quite good and easy to understand.

Wirt Atmar

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