>Sounds like connections on TCP port 21 are OK and TCP port 20 is not. Are
>you using a firewall or packet filtering?
>
No, I am not behind firewall and I don't have set up any filters yet
either. Many people on this list pointed-out that I might have problem with
mu DNS setup and I will look into that.
Thank you (all) for your help.
original posting:
>>It takes usually over a minute to establish a ftp connection to a host on
>>the Internet from my network. Once I pass the authentication stage, "put"
>>and "get" commands perform as fast as my connection permits. Very similar
>>situation happens when I am retrieving e-mail from my mailbox which is not
>>on my network. The initial phase again takes approximately one minute.