binary file transfer with ftp fails

[Kalwies, Artur]

Hello,
our customer want transfer files from an 11.11
host to an 10.20 host with ftp.
If he choose binary transfer a mget hangs but
with ascii transfer the mget works.
With 11.00 the binary transfer has worked.
Is there now a bug with 11.11?

Thanks in advance

[Massimo Bianchi]

Once i had similar problems.

There were bugs in the arpa that caused some binary sequences to be interpreted as a EOT, thus closing the connection.

Check if you are up2date with the patch bundles.

Massimo

[Mark Grant]

My guess was a patch problem too but I can't find any patch that specifically addresses this problem.

However, it sounds like you need to get the latest patch set for 11i.

Alternatively, "uuencode" the data first :)

[Kalwies, Artur]

For clarification,
on both machines are the actual patches
installed.
The binary tranfers between 11.00 and 11.11
also works.

[Massimo Bianchi]

Just to understand better the problem: if you invert the roles, the problem still persists ?

using an mput from the 11.i towards the 10.20

I want to understand if the problem may rise in the client/server acrhitecture, or in the transport layer.

Massimo