Looks like we are blocking it then.
Regards, John Benik Senior Systems Management Analyst – zSeries Storage Delivery 11000 Optum Circle MN102 Eden Prairie, MN 55344 w)952-833-7765 c)612-616-3984 -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU> On Behalf Of Paul Gilmartin Sent: Friday, October 14, 2022 1:38 PM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: Has anybody tried downloading a new version of tapetools recently using FTPTOOLS or FTPTOOLX job. On Fri, 14 Oct 2022 18:10:26 +0000, Benik, John E >If you have an example or if you go into option 6 what do you get? > Here's what I got, > >ftp.software.ibm.con > Is that the entire command you entered at option 6? > EZA1554I Connecting to: ftp-www3-software.southdata.ibm.com 170.225.126.17 > port > : 21. > > EZA2590E connect error from initIPv4Connection - EDC8127I Connection timed > out. > (errno2=0x00000000) > > >Seems like either we are blocking port 21 or IBM has it blocked. > It appears not to be IBM. With curl on my desktop I see a log: 220 ProFTPD Server (proftpd) [9.214.168.52] 331 Anonymous login ok, send your complete email address as your password 230 Anonymous access granted, restrictions apply 257 "/" is the current directory 229 Entering Extended Passive Mode (|||34173|) 200 Type set to A 150 Opening ASCII mode data connection for file list 226 Transfer complete The file list has 21 lines, some as recent as 2021. curl ftp://ftp.software.ibm.com | wc 51 463 3253 -- gil ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN This e-mail, including attachments, may include confidential and/or proprietary information, and may be used only by the person or entity to which it is addressed. If the reader of this e-mail is not the intended recipient or intended recipient’s authorized agent, the reader is hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution or copying of this e-mail is prohibited. If you have received this e-mail in error, please notify the sender by replying to this message and delete this e-mail immediately. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN