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

[Redd Vinylene]

On Tue, Apr 21, 2009 at 9:13 PM, Chuck Swiger <cswiger at mac.com> wrote:

> 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
>
>
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.

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