[Elecraft] KX3 Utility Fails to connect to ftp server

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I loaded the KX3Utility 1.14.4.11for Linux.  It talks to the KX3 just 
fine at 38400.  But when I click on "Copy new files from Elecraft" it 
says unable to connect error 127, whatever that means.
The FTP Timeout.htm page says the IP address should be 63.249.74.212.   
But when I ping ftp.elecraft.com I get an IP address of 50.31.74.52 with 
a rtt of 65 msec.
BOTH addresses ping okay.

I can manually connect to the ftp.elecraft.com site and download the 
firmware files manually.
I was able to copy the newly downloaded files into the 
./Elecraft/KX3_Firmware directory and successfully load them that way 
using the KX3 utility.

Any suggestions on why it failed to automatically download them?

Ron W7HD
Tucson, AZ