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Subject: Re: Unknown Route to Host error (FTP) 
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Date: Sun, 03 Aug 1997 19:13:10 +0100
From: Brian Somers <brian@awfulhak.org>
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> Still having problems with the FTP and Email system, I've checked the
> network interface and it seems fine, also checked the connection to my
> ISP, that seems to work too. Every time i try to connect to an FTP site
> I get "FTP ERROR: No Route to Host", is there something I'm missing?
> 
What does "netstat -rn" say ?  I suspect you don't have a default 
route.
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