Mac ftp through proxy troubles

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I am on a network which requires you to use a proxy (with username and password) to access the internet. I am having trouble accessing ftp sites on the internet with finder/cyberduck/safari.

I have tried the following:
*Entered the proxy settings/user/passwd in system perferences> ethernet> advanced> proxies for http/https/ftp protocols. FTP doesn't work. HTTP and HTTPS does work in safari.

*I installed authoxy, and setup authoxy with the network proxy server details. I then setup my system preferences to use authoxy as it's proxy server. Still FTP doesn't work, but http and https works.

*I have no trouble accessing FTP sites hosted on the local network, only those hosted on the internet. I can access internet FTP's with firefox since it uses its own proxy settings, but this doesn't allow for uploading/editing of files.

*I have also tried accessing internet ftp sites through the terminal ftp command with and without the use of authoxy. Also failed.

This is on OS X 10.5.4

help please?

edit: I realise the including "mac" in the topic was redundant.
 
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Also, remember that you have to enter the proxy info twice, once in the HTTP field and one in the FTP field.
 
The local proxy server is setup for FTP as it works in linux and windows.

I did enter the details for each protocol under system perferences> ethernet> advanced> proxies
 
ping an FTP site and in a new windows type netstat
 
All protocols except for HTTP/HTTPS/FTP are blocked be the network firewall, therefore ping results in this:

PING ftp.is.co.za (196.4.160.12): 56 data bytes
^C
--- ftp.is.co.za ping statistics ---
202 packets transmitted, 0 packets received, 100% packet loss


Here is the part of the netstat result while running the ping to ftp.is.co.za:
Active Internet connections
Proto Recv-Q Send-Q Local Address Foreign Address (state)
tcp4 92 0 number6.cs.up.ac.49698 ftp.up.ac.za.ftp CLOSE_WAIT
tcp4 68 0 number6.cs.up.ac.49621 ftp.up.ac.za.ftp CLOSE_WAIT
tcp4 0 0 localhost.49332 localhost.sunproxyadmi CLOSE_WAIT
udp4 0 0 localhost.49294 localhost.49293
udp4 0 0 *.49293 *.*
udp4 0 0 localhost.49292 localhost.49291
udp4 0 0 *.49291 *.*
udp4 0 0 localhost.49184 localhost.49183
udp4 0 0 *.49183 *.*
udp4 0 0 number6.cs.up.ac.netbi *.*
udp4 0 0 number6.cs.up.ac.netbi *.*
udp4 0 0 *.netbios-dgm *.*
udp4 0 0 *.netbios-ns *.*
udp4 0 0 number6.cs.up.ac.ntp *.*
udp6 0 0 ian-galpins-macb.ntp *.*
udp4 0 0 b096pc234.up.ac..kerbe *.*
udp6 0 0 fe80::21c:b3ff:f.kerbe *.*
udp4 0 0 number6.cs.up.ac.kerbe *.*
udp6 0 0 ian-galpins-macb.kerbe *.*
udp6 0 0 localhost.kerberos *.*
udp4 0 0 *.* *.*
udp4 42042 0 *.ipp *.*
udp6 0 0 localhost.ntp *.*
udp4 0 0 localhost.ntp *.*
udp6 0 0 localhost.ntp *.*
udp6 0 0 *.ntp *.*
udp4 0 0 *.ntp *.*
udp4 0 0 *.* *.*
udp6 0 0 *.mdns *.*
udp4 0 0 *.mdns *.*
icm4 0 0 *.* *.*
icm6 0 0 *.* *.*

I am at the university of pretoria, so the ftp.up.ac.za is on the local network.
My FTP settings are set to passive. I also tried netstat while attempting to open ftp.is.co.za and nothing showed up regarding my attempt.

I'd rather use free or opensource programs and transmit doesn't seem to be either.
 
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Ok then how about Filezilla? It's free and I believe it has proxy support. I haven't used it so I don't know what it's like. Not a very nice interface but it is free :)
 
FireFTP (Firefox plug-in) often works when stand alone apps don't.
 
Cyber duck hasn't failed me yet. i did have quite a bit of grief with Safari which i use occasionally. the rest of the time i use Firefox.
Give CyberDuck a bash, it solved all my FTP problems i had when i first got started with MAC
 
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