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

[Redd Vinylene]

On Tue, Apr 21, 2009 at 10:27 PM, Chuck Swiger <cswiger at mac.com> wrote:

> On Apr 21, 2009, at 1:25 PM, Redd Vinylene wrote:
>
>> Yeah, the default route is set. Routing works just fine. In fact, it's
>> been working for years. It's just this one FTP server that it won't connect
>> to.
>>
>
> Then it could be a legitimate error being returned by a remote router,
> also.  traceroute/mtr to the problematic host could be helpful....
>
> --
> -Chuck
>
>
I think I just got some help on IRC:

<Pulpie> is it on the local network of your firewall and not this computer?
<me> yes!
<Pulpie> thats why you can't connect to it

Suggestions on how to fix this problem using pf would be greatly appreciated
though.

Many thanks!

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