"BobbyLupo" <BobbyL***@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:40500687-65CA-4190-8FB2-6728CCF4FD91@microsoft.com:

> Hello. I am trying to use FtpWebRequest to send a file.  Everything was
> initially working fine until the ftp server had a load balancer installed.
> Now when I connect and try to send a file, I get the following exception:
>
> {System.Net.WebException} The data connection was made from an address that
> is different than the address to which the FTP connection was made.
>
> Does anyone know how to handle this? Here is the code I am using to send the
> file:
>
>    public bool SendFtpFile(FtpParamaters paramaters)
>     {
>       try
>       {
>         bool result = false;
>
>         // Read local file
>         byte[] fileBytes = GetBytes(paramaters.LocalFile);
>
>         // Initialize Ftp Request
>         Uri target = new Uri(paramaters.FtpHost + paramaters.FtpHostPath +
> paramaters.LocalFile.Name);
>         FtpWebRequest ftp = (FtpWebRequest)FtpWebRequest.Create(target);
>         ftp.Credentials = new
> NetworkCredential(paramaters.LoginName,paramaters.Password);
>         ftp.KeepAlive = true;
>         ftp.UseBinary = false;
>         ftp.UsePassive = false;
>         ftp.Method = WebRequestMethods.Ftp.UploadFile;
>         ftp.Timeout = paramaters.FtpTimeout; ;
>         ftp.CachePolicy = new
> System.Net.Cache.RequestCachePolicy(System.Net.Cache.RequestCacheLevel.BypassCache);
>
>         // load file into ftp request
>         ftp.ContentLength = fileBytes.Length;
>
> // *** THE FOLLOWING LINE IS WHERE THE EXCEPTION IS THROWN *** //
>         Stream requestStream = ftp.GetRequestStream();
>         requestStream.Write(fileBytes, 0, fileBytes.Length);
>         requestStream.Close();
>
>
>         // Make the Ftp Request
>         FtpWebResponse response = (FtpWebResponse)ftp.GetResponse();
>         if (response.StatusDescription.Trim() == "226 Transfer complete.")
>           result = true;
>
>         response.Close();
>         return result;
>
>       }
>       catch (Exception ex)
>       {
>         throw new FtpException("Error sending file", ex);
>       }
>     }