Unable to connect to FTP site in BC2

[japaget]

I am trying to connect to the International Earth Rotation Service (IERS) FTP site (http://ftp://tai.bipm.org/iers/conv2003). Unfortunately, I cannot do so with BC2, either with Build 227 or with Build 229. An initial connection to the site is made, and BC2 hangs up after a LIST command is sent to the site. I am able to connect to this site using IE6 or Firefox 1.0.2.

[japaget]

The problem with this FTP site is that it reqires "passive" FTP, which Beyond Compare does not (yet) support. An FTP client that supports passive FTP is NcFTP (http://www.ncftpd.com/ncftp/).

[rodolfog]

I You go to

Tools --> Options --> FTP --> Firewall / Proxy

there is an entry that says

Passive Mode

This should let You use B.C. with these sites.

Rodolfo Giovanninetti

[japaget]

Thanks, Rodolfo! It's working fine now. It would be nice if BC2 would automatically detect when passive FTP is required, as NcFTP does.

[Chris]

Thanks for the suggestion, I'll add it to our wish list for a future version of BC.