ftp/fetch "command not understood" on stable and current

[Brandon Fosdick]

On both stable and current I'm having problems getting ftp or fetch to 
connect to ftp servers (fetch can't connect to anything). I'm behind a 
firewall but the ftp ports are open and I'm sitting next to an HPUX box 
that doesn't have the same problem.

All of the output below came from a 5.1-R box:
13:16 bfoz@~>uname -a
FreeBSD mse.fbm.lmms.lmco.com 5.1-RELEASE FreeBSD 5.1-RELEASE #0: Thu 
Jun  5 02:55:42 GMT 2003 
root at wv1u.btc.adaptec.com:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC  i386

Here's what happens when I ftp to ftp.freebsd.org and try to do 'ls' (or 
anything other command for that matter)...
---
Trying 2001:4f8:0:2::e...
ftp: connect to address 2001:4f8:0:2::e: No route to host
Trying 204.152.184.73...
Connected to ftp.freebsd.org.
220 freebsd.isc.org FTP server ready.
Name (ftp.freebsd.org:bfoz): anonymous
331 Guest login ok, send your complete e-mail address as password.
Password:
230-
230-You have reached freebsd.isc.org/ftp.freebsd.org.
230-
230-<insert some funky ASCII art here>
230-
230-This server is operated by Internet Software Consortium (ISC),
230-on behalf of the FreeBSD Project, and is serving the full
230-FreeBSD FTP archive via IPv4 and IPv6.
230-
230 Guest login ok, access restrictions apply.
Remote system type is UNIX.
Using binary mode to transfer files.
ftp> ls
500 command not understood
227 Entering Passive Mode (204,152,184,73,184,121)
---

At this point it sits there for a minute or so and then either provides 
the directory listing or disconnects due to inactivity. If it works I get:
---
200 PORT command successful.
150 Opening ASCII mode data connection for directory listing.
total 8
drwxrwxr-x   3 root     root          512 Apr 17  2003 pub
226 Transfer complete.
ftp>
---

Odly, it doesn't actually go into passive mode acording to status:

---
ftp> status
Connected and logged into ftp.freebsd.org.
No proxy connection.
Gate ftp: off, server (none), port ftpgate.
Passive mode: off; fallback to active mode: on.
Mode: stream; Type: binary; Form: non-print; Structure: file.
Verbose: on; Bell: off; Prompting: on; Globbing: on.
Store unique: off; Receive unique: off.
Preserve modification times: on.
Case: off; CR stripping: on.
Ntrans: off.
Nmap: off.
Hash mark printing: off; Mark count: 1024; Progress bar: on.
Get transfer rate throttle: off; maximum: 0; increment 1024.
Put transfer rate throttle: off; maximum: 0; increment 1024.
Socket buffer sizes: send 32768, receive 65536.
Use of PORT cmds: on.
Use of EPSV/EPRT cmds for IPv4: on (disabled for this connection).
Command line editing: on.
Version: lukemftp 1.6-beta2
ftp>
---

That's not too bad, I can deal with waiting a few minutes for results, 
but about half the time I get kicked, which is annoying. My biggest 
problem is with fetch, it just can't get to anything at all which makes 
installing ports a real PITA. I'm getting a "Host not found" error but 
nslookup seems to think my DNS server is working just fine since I can 
always lookup the hosts I'm trying to connect to. I know the files are 
there because I can see them with ftp (when it works). A few example 
fetch runs...

---
 >> openmotif-2.2.2.tgz doesn't seem to exist in 
/usr/ports/distfiles/openmotif.
 >> Attempting to fetch from 
ftp://openmotif.opengroup.org/pub/openmotif/R2.2/tars/.
fetch: 
ftp://openmotif.opengroup.org/pub/openmotif/R2.2/tars/openmotif-2.2.2.tgz: 
Host not found
 >> Attempting to fetch from 
ftp://ftp.opengroup.org/pub/openmotif/R2.2/tars/.
fetch: 
ftp://ftp.opengroup.org/pub/openmotif/R2.2/tars/openmotif-2.2.2.tgz: 
Host not found
 >> Attempting to fetch from 
ftp://ftp.kddlabs.co.jp/X11/openmotif/R2.2/tars/.
fetch: 
ftp://ftp.kddlabs.co.jp/X11/openmotif/R2.2/tars/openmotif-2.2.2.tgz: 
Host not found
 >> Attempting to fetch from 
ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/distfiles/openmotif/.
fetch: 
ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/distfiles/openmotif/openmotif-2.2.2.tgz: 
Host not found
 >> Couldn't fetch it - please try to retrieve this
 >> port manually into /usr/ports/distfiles/openmotif and try again.
---
13:12 bfoz@~>fetch 
ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/i386/packages/All/nedit-5.3.tbz
fetch: 
ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/i386/packages/All/nedit-5.3.tbz: 
Host not found
13:16 bfoz@~>nslookup ftp.freebsd.org
Server:  ddns2.lmms.lmco.com
Address:  129.197.11.4

Non-authoritative answer:
Name:    ftp.freebsd.org
Addresses:  204.152.184.73, 62.243.72.50

13:16 bfoz@~>
---

Other, non-FreeBSD, unix boxes on the same network can connect just fine 
and I can't seem to find any significant configuration differences. 
Maybe I just don't know what I'm doing. Here's the status output from an 
HPUX box...

---
bfosdick at hp281:/home/bfosdick<2> ftp ftp.freebsd.org
Connected to ftp.freebsd.org.
220 freebsd.isc.org FTP server ready.
Name (ftp.freebsd.org:bfosdick): anonymous
331 Guest login ok, send your complete e-mail address as password.
Password:
230-You have reached freebsd.isc.org/ftp.freebsd.org.
230-
230-<insert some funky ASCII art here>
230-
230-This server is operated by Internet Software Consortium (ISC),
230-on behalf of the FreeBSD Project, and is serving the full
230-FreeBSD FTP archive via IPv4 and IPv6.
230-
230 Guest login ok, access restrictions apply.
Remote system type is UNIX.
Using binary mode to transfer files.
ftp> status
Connected to ftp.freebsd.org.
No proxy connection.
Mode: stream; Type: binary; Form: non-print; Structure: file
Verbose: on; Bell: off; Prompting: on; Globbing: on
Store unique: off; Receive unique: off
Case: off; CR stripping: on
Ntrans: off
Nmap: off
Hash mark printing: off; Use of PORT cmds: on
ftp>
---

Any ideas?

-Brandon