Re: Advanced FTP clients... (i.e. anything better than Windows 2000 FTP)
Sometimes the advanced clients will tack on extra commandline parameters when communicating with the FTP server. I know for a fact that SmartFTP has a few extra parameters turned on when using the LS command that confuses the default ftp server shipped with Nios II Linux.
So, if you're having problems with your favourite FTP client, take a look at the commands that its sending to the server. If you see any suspicious parameters being passed for various commands, turn them off and try again.
Hope this helps...