XP host can not ftp to vmware linux

[w003txz]

I install a vmware linux(redhat 9) system on my XP system through the bridge mode. The IP address of XP is 192.168.1.109 and the IP adress of linux is 192.168.1.119. Each system can ping the other. I construct vsftp on linux system and can ftp itself on the linux system. But the XP can not ftp linux. I use ethereal to capture the packages. I find the vsftp get the ftp request from XP. Then linux send an ICMP package to XP but get no reply. This situation makes me crazy!

[jtara]

There shouldn't be any reason for the FTP server to send an ICMP packet to the client. What kind of ICMP packet?

However, some ICMP packets may be needed for proper network routing. (These would be generated by the protocol stack on the Linux system, or by your default router - or at least *a* router, not directly by the FTP server.) I'd check your firewall settings to make sure that ICMP is allowed.

How is your network subnetted? You might want to double-check this. If the virtual systems are on separate subnets, try setting an explicit route from each system to the other - i.e. to avoid going through your default router, which would then send an ICMP redirect, which might be blocked by one or the other firewall.