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ftp.hp.com working again
08-10-2022, 01:01 PM
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ftp.hp.com working again
It seems that "ftp.hp.com/pub/calculators/Prime/" is working again.

(Reminder: Most web browsers no longer support ftp unless you have a plugin. Windows File Explorer works.)
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08-10-2022, 07:42 PM
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That's great. It has the past few years of firmware for G1, G2 and Virtual. Thanks.
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08-10-2022, 07:53 PM
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Doesn't work for me, the server directly closes the connection.
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08-10-2022, 08:04 PM
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(08-10-2022 01:01 PM)Wes Loewer Wrote:  It seems that "ftp.hp.com/pub/calculators/Prime/" is working again.

(Reminder: Most web browsers no longer support ftp unless you have a plugin. Windows File Explorer works.)

Not for me. I'm using Filezilla 3.60.2 and it closes immediately.

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08-10-2022, 09:36 PM
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If having trouble connecting, check whether turning FTP "passive" mode on or off makes a difference.

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08-11-2022, 08:15 AM
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(08-10-2022 01:01 PM)Wes Loewer Wrote:  It seems that "ftp.hp.com/pub/calculators/Prime/" is working again.

That's good news. The data stored there just needs to be brought up to date with what's up on https://www.hpcalc.org/prime/pc/ now.

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08-11-2022, 10:42 AM
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Windows file explorer doesn't works. The connection is closed.
I tried also ftp explorer built-in in total commander (anonymous user, passive mode) and the result: The IP adress wasn't found.
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08-11-2022, 11:14 AM
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It worked with FileZilla yesterday, but today it does not work anymore Sad
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08-11-2022, 11:19 AM
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5 minutes later… and it works again! Strange.
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08-11-2022, 11:57 AM
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Works fine for me using File Explorer on Windows.

Thanks for restoring this.

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08-11-2022, 03:21 PM
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Don't work here, Nice France

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08-11-2022, 03:21 PM (This post was last modified: 08-11-2022 07:31 PM by redglyph.)
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It's region-enforced. (EDIT: or not...)

I'm in Europe and it won't connect, but if I use a VPN located in the US, it works. Nothing there that can't be found elsewhere though.

You can use the very good ProtonVPN, there's a free version that will allow you to do that. Those guys have good privacy solutions.
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08-11-2022, 04:02 PM
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I'm in UK, and was able to connect on my android phone using Total Commander. None of the other file managers worked that support ftp worked though.
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08-11-2022, 05:43 PM
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I can connect directly from Czechia (EU) so I don’t think there’s a regional filter set on the server side. FTR, I’m using lftp running on Linux.

I guess those who can’t connect run into some filter much closer to the client side - a firewall on the PC or their home router. Or maybe their ISP filters it. After all, some consider the protocol obsolete.
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08-11-2022, 07:31 PM
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(08-11-2022 05:43 PM)vaklaff Wrote:  I guess those who can’t connect run into some filter much closer to the client side - a firewall on the PC or their home router. Or maybe their ISP filters it. After all, some consider the protocol obsolete.

That's a possibility, a VPN bypasses a lot of that. To be honest, I would find it strange if they had set a regional filter too.
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08-20-2022, 06:59 PM (This post was last modified: 08-20-2022 07:08 PM by Liamtoh Resu.)
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Are there any configuration settings for a connection to http://ftp.hp.com?
I am able to connect and transfer files from http://ftp.nluug.nl.

I am using mxlinux 21.1 kde and double commander as a file transfer program.

(The last time I connected successfully to http://ftp.hp.com was in May, 2021 on win 8.1
using filezilla. I could not connect using filezilla today, (Aug 20, 2022)..

(The blog program is inserting the 'http" prefix before the ftp addresses)

Thanks.
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08-20-2022, 11:39 PM
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I’ve tried, just now, connecting to ftp://ftp.hp.com/pub/calculators (from Canada) with FileZilla 3.55.1 on a Mac, and met with success.
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08-21-2022, 10:33 AM
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Not sure if this is sill being discussed, but for me (in Germany) on Windows 10, it worked both with Windows Explorer and Filezilla via my regular ISP.
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08-22-2022, 05:22 AM
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Thanks for the ftp check.

With a little persistence and os shuffling I received the prime files with a live kde demo version
of mx linux 21.1 and filezilla. There were a lot of 500 illegal port command messages and connection
resets. I used double commander and k3b to burn the files to a disc. I put the linux distro on a stick
using the exfat version of yumi.

Filezilla on win 10 was not connecting at all.

Thanks again.
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10-17-2022, 04:04 PM
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RE: ftp.hp.com working again
recently registered a few days ago and wanted to say that the ftp ://ftp.hp.com/pub site is down for good as of early October 2022. tried that site on several of my Windows PCs in Firefox/Chrome/MS Edge and even Filezilla and would never connect.

I even tried that ftp site on my relative's Win10 PC using a different ISP and got the same result - no connection

it had been mostly working back in August 2022 and in September 2022, but this October not so much. it seems HP has finally shut down that site
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