AngelaTheSephira wrote on 2024-05-14, 04:49:

As the title says. It doesn't seem to be online anymore. Does anyone know of a mirror of it?

ftp.spez.com.ua works for me .

Yeah, for me it times out after 15 to 45 seconds:

Modern browsers block FTP access by default.

Try using a dedicated FTP client like FileZilla.

AngelaTheSephira wrote on 2024-05-14, 05:30:

Yeah, for me it times out after 15 to 45 seconds:

I would guess that it's either an issue with the peering link your ISP is trying to use or maybe the ftp server's host is blocking an IP range that happens to include your current IP address (i.e. someone with an address in that range did something the hosting service didn't like so they blackholed the entire range).

https://www.isitdownrightnow.com/ftp.spez.com.ua.html

Joseph_Joestar wrote on 2024-05-14, 05:35:

Modern browsers block FTP access by default.

Try using a dedicated FTP client like FileZilla.

Good point, but If the client application being used works with other FTP sites, it's likely not that.

+1 to FileZilla either way.

Something is definitely not OK with this ftp, browsing is OK but downloading happens at dial-up speed with constant failures after aprox. 1'.

@AngelaTheSephira if you only want a specific file, try some client that will automatically reconnect and resume.

konc wrote on 2024-05-14, 05:47:

Something is definitely not OK with this ftp, browsing is OK but downloading happens at dial-up speed with constant failures after aprox. 1'.

@AngelaTheSephira if you only want a specific file, try some client that will automatically reconnect and resume.

It's not fast, but it is working for me .

Joseph_Joestar wrote on 2024-05-14, 05:35:

Modern browsers block FTP access by default.

Try using a dedicated FTP client like FileZilla.

Windows File Manager on Windows 10 blocks FTP even though it has a client for it?

As far as the others have said, I'll try FileZilla but it didn't work last time I tried this about two years ago either.

AngelaTheSephira wrote on 2024-05-14, 20:23:

Joseph_Joestar wrote on 2024-05-14, 05:35:

Modern browsers block FTP access by default.

Try using a dedicated FTP client like FileZilla.

Windows File Manager on Windows 10 blocks FTP even though it has a client for it?

As far as the others have said, I'll try FileZilla but it didn't work last time I tried this about two years ago either.

Never mind, Dolphin seems to be fine with it. I wonder if my ISP is blocking it themselves.

konc wrote on 2024-05-14, 05:47:

Something is definitely not OK with this ftp, browsing is OK but downloading happens at dial-up speed with constant failures after aprox. 1'.

@AngelaTheSephira if you only want a specific file, try some client that will automatically reconnect and resume.

Cool, authentically retro 🤣 ... but seriously that used to happen all the time when ftp sites had too many connections, even on a university T1 line your downloads would be ticking over at 4-5kB per second.

BitWrangler wrote on 2024-05-14, 20:27:

konc wrote on 2024-05-14, 05:47:

Something is definitely not OK with this ftp, browsing is OK but downloading happens at dial-up speed with constant failures after aprox. 1'.

@AngelaTheSephira if you only want a specific file, try some client that will automatically reconnect and resume.

Cool, authentically retro 🤣 ... but seriously that used to happen all the time when ftp sites had too many connections, even on a university T1 line your downloads would be ticking over at 4-5kB per second.

I'm probably going to mirror it so people like me can actually make use of it. I'll let you guys know when it's mirrored, but given the immense speeds of a whopping 9 KiB/s/file, it will probably be a LONG time. Should I mirror the BBS folder too, or is there big legal trouble with that one? I doubt anyone would complain about drivers, but I'm not sure what all is in the BBS folder.

EDIT: Spelling

AngelaTheSephira wrote on 2024-05-14, 20:25:

AngelaTheSephira wrote on 2024-05-14, 20:23:

Joseph_Joestar wrote on 2024-05-14, 05:35:

Modern browsers block FTP access by default.

Try using a dedicated FTP client like FileZilla.

Windows File Manager on Windows 10 blocks FTP even though it has a client for it?

As far as the others have said, I'll try FileZilla but it didn't work last time I tried this about two years ago either.

Never mind, Dolphin seems to be fine with it. I wonder if my ISP is blocking it themselves.

I have just installed FileZilla on my home server and accessed it using SSH X11 forwarding:
On the home internet, the server is completely nonresponsive. On my hotspot in my car, it's fine.

For some reason, my ISP is blocking that IP. I wonder why, or if they even know it's being blocked.

AngelaTheSephira wrote on 2024-05-14, 21:38:

For some reason, my ISP is blocking that IP. I wonder why, or if they even know it's being blocked.

If you are behind a Carrier-Grade NAT some simple implementations (without ALG) break, among other, the FTP protocol. I wouldn't expect an ISP using such a thing nowadays but who knows... Can you connect to other FTPs?

AngelaTheSephira wrote on 2024-05-14, 21:38:

For some reason, my ISP is blocking that IP. I wonder why, or if they even know it's being blocked.

Depending where you live this might be more of a political issue than technical one. Food for thought.

Hey. We have a mirror of that FTP
Its syncing right now, so it is finished in a hour
https://ftpmirror.infania.net/sites/ftp.spez.com.ua/

infania wrote on 2024-05-15, 11:45:

Hey. We have a mirror of that FTP
Its syncing right now, so it is finished in a hour
https://ftpmirror.infania.net/sites/ftp.spez.com.ua/

Cool!
It was a pain to download from there as their ftp allows downloading only one file at once (IIRC).

I'm getting 3 files at once, mostly at 9.8KB/s.Any more than that and I get frequent errors. Have removed about 1 GB from the queue that I view as irrelevant or large files I have elsewhere (I need a 12 TB drive for my mirrors!)

konc wrote on 2024-05-15, 06:51:

AngelaTheSephira wrote on 2024-05-14, 21:38:

For some reason, my ISP is blocking that IP. I wonder why, or if they even know it's being blocked.

If you are behind a Carrier-Grade NAT some simple implementations (without ALG) break, among other, the FTP protocol. I wouldn't expect an ISP using such a thing nowadays but who knows... Can you connect to other FTPs?

My hotspot is a CG-NAT, but my home Internet isn't.

Deunan wrote on 2024-05-15, 11:06:

AngelaTheSephira wrote on 2024-05-14, 21:38:

For some reason, my ISP is blocking that IP. I wonder why, or if they even know it's being blocked.

Depending where you live this might be more of a political issue than technical one. Food for thought.

Nah, I can access both Russian and Ukranian sites just fine. Unless the FTP server itself is blocking it...