"No route to host" when trying to connect to FTP server on the Internet

[Chuck Swiger]

On Apr 21, 2009, at 11:40 AM, Redd Vinylene wrote:
> I'm trying to connect to my friend's FTP server but I'm getting a  
> "No route
> to host" when trying from my NAT workstation. It works just fine  
> when I
> connect from my NAT server though.
>
> Internet -> NAT server (192.168.187.1) -> NAT workstation  
> (192.168.187.2)

Presumably you should have a default route set?  (Check netstat -r.)   
If not, consider:

   route add default 192.168.187.1

Regards,
-- 
-Chuck