I've encountered a problem with an FTP Client using passive mode where the Control Port is being closed by a network device between the host and client. Some individuals suggested that I try using active mode and that seemed to work, but I notice an intermittent problem with files not being pulled down. My logs indicated that shortly after connecting to the host that the connection seemed to stall and nothing happened. After some more searching I found this article: http://www.ncftp.com/ncftpd/doc/misc/ftp_and_firewalls.html#FirewallTimeouts and in the section Problems caused by the firewall prematurely timing out a valid FTP session" I found an excellent description of my original problem. It also included a solution that sounded reasonable to me in the paragraph beginning with "Another solution is to enable the TCP/IP Keep Alive".
I'm looking for a way to set up "Keep Alive" on an FTP Consumer. I found some information in the Camel MINA explaining how to create the "Keep Alive" code, but I'm not clear on how to combine the FTP Consumer and MINA components together to make "Keep Alive" work. Maybe it's not possible to combine the two components, but if it is would someone please show me how to set up keep-alive on an FTP Consumer. -- View this message in context: http://camel.465427.n5.nabble.com/Howto-set-up-keep-alive-on-an-FTP-Consumer-tp5735467.html Sent from the Camel - Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com.
