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Old 9th September 2009
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Sigh.

Here are my guesses:
Guess #1: Both servers are on the same physical infrastructure.
Guess #2: That doesn't matter, because the servers are on different IP subnets, and cannot communicate directly.
Guess #3: Because they are on different subnets, packets between them must be routed. This adds a "hop" and unnecessary replication of traffic on the physical infrastructure, and adds resource consumption on the router, as well.
Guess #4: Pings fail because ICMP was blocked.
Guess #5: ftp fails because only port 21 control traffic is passed, the backchannel traffic is blocked. A review of the "Issues with FTP" chapter of the PF User's guide is recommended.
If these guesses are wrong, it's because your information continues to be misleading / unclear / incomplete. If you want better guesses, or responses that are actual answers, you will have to provide better info.
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