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NOISUFNOC
Really Senior Member II Joined: 27-September-2004 Location: Sunny Greenock by the Sea Status: Offline Points: 1473 |
Posted: 19-April-2005 at 16:37 |
Could you not write a simple script file that pings ftp://sperry.serveftp.com if its offline then it could just display an offline message and if its up it would allow access, bit rusty on ins and outs but concept is similar to software that tells you uptime of ftp sites etc. im sure if seen code for this somewhere in the past but have a funny feeling it may have been unix stuff, i will check and let you know. |
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stephenperry
Bavarian-Board Contributor Joined: 20-April-2004 Location: Elgin Status: Offline Points: 7213 |
Posted: 19-April-2005 at 16:35 |
more wrinkles than an elephants trunk... thanks for reading it anyway, i did warn it was boring lol
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Goldryder
Bavarian-Board Contributor Illegitimi Non Carborundum Joined: 02-April-2004 Location: Acomb, North Yorkshire Status: Offline Points: 5301 |
Posted: 19-April-2005 at 16:34 |
erm..... well...... ummmmmm..... nope never mind, I'm sure Killian will iron out your wrinkles for you Stephen |
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stephenperry
Bavarian-Board Contributor Joined: 20-April-2004 Location: Elgin Status: Offline Points: 7213 |
Posted: 19-April-2005 at 16:34 |
2007 Ford Mondeo 2.0 TDCI Titanium X Auto 1983 Ford Sierra XR4i 2000 Alpina B10 3.3 #118 1999 BMW 323Ci 1995 BMW 318i SE 1994 Vauxhall Omega 2.0 GLS 1995 Ford Mondeo 1.8 LX 1990 Honda Concerto 1.6 EX 1986 Ford Orion 1.6 GL 1989 Ford Fiesta 1.1 Firefly |
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kbannon
Admin Group E39 525i Sport Individual Joined: 09-October-2002 Location: 64 Zoo Lane Status: Offline Points: 15508 |
Posted: 19-April-2005 at 16:30 |
my reply was written befopre you got allys reply Anyway what I have there is a php function that pings the server and displays online or offline. It could as easily be modded to redirect instead of write online! I also have an ASP version of it. |
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kbannon
Admin Group E39 525i Sport Individual Joined: 09-October-2002 Location: 64 Zoo Lane Status: Offline Points: 15508 |
Posted: 19-April-2005 at 16:27 |
let me get this right - you want a web page to ping the ftp server and if switched on then redirect visitor to it otherwise display a custom error? If so then the page pinging the server would need to be on an entirely different server [if it is on the same then it cant really test itself if off!] So then you want a page that will do something like this |
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stephenperry
Bavarian-Board Contributor Joined: 20-April-2004 Location: Elgin Status: Offline Points: 7213 |
Posted: 19-April-2005 at 16:24 |
umm.. 1. you click the link for www.stephensftpserver.com at the bottom of my profile 2. your internet browser (internet explorer/firefox whatever) opens the page located at www.stephensftpserver.com 3. this page contains something to test the connection to ftp://sperry.serveftp.com, maybe download a small test file, or responding to a command, something to signify that its responding IF this test is successful THEN open ftp://sperry.serveftp.com in your web browser ELSE if the test is not successful, show a "failed to connect" error message or webpage instead
is that clearer? |
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Goldryder
Bavarian-Board Contributor Illegitimi Non Carborundum Joined: 02-April-2004 Location: Acomb, North Yorkshire Status: Offline Points: 5301 |
Posted: 19-April-2005 at 16:06 |
erm....
Can we have that in 'pooter dunce speak' please? Specially as this pooter is still not behaving itself..... |
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stephenperry
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Posted: 19-April-2005 at 15:57 |
you were warned!! Okay, here goes... Currently running a popular FTP server on one of my computers on the mini-LAN at home using Serv-U v5.0 Corporate Edition, IIS 6.0 is installed, Windows XP Pro SP2. Dynamic IP address provided by ISP, changes every few weeks or so, dynamic host domain provided by "no-ip.com" ADSL port redirecting FTP port 21 to internal address of computer on LAN (192.168.0.2), all thats working great Now for my question.... When people connect to my FTP server, they usually connect by using internet explorers built in FTP browser, instead of using a dedicated FTP client. Given this, if my computer is turned off or the server is offline for any reason, the FTP browser takes about 30 seconds before it gives up and times out. What I would like is to open a webpage, which in turn tests for connectivity to the FTP server (pinging port 21?) and, depending on the result, redirects to either the FTP browser screen (ftp://sperry.serveftp.com) or onto a holding page saying something like "server currently offline, please try again later" Easiest way would be to just leave the server running 24/7 but i don't really want to do that for various reasons Using Windows Scripting Host is a possibility, put the script within the index page on a some webspace Any ideas? |
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