Hi there.
I have a website hosted in the US. Lately, past few months I'm battling with uploading files to my site with FTP. Several times I've opened support tickets with my host about this problem. Though they try their best to help, it generally along the line of nothing wrong with the server, must be fault on client side. After a day or two or three and several failed attempts I try again and whala the upload work. I let my host provider know that ftp worked and they say, but they didn't do anything on the server. Neither did I, so I was a bit skeptical. Few weeks later when I try to upload again, same problem.
Now I've discovered that when I run into the problem and I just keep on trying that eventually the upload succeed. Then if I try 2 min later it fail.
Description of problem.
I can always connect to the server, I can change directory on remote server, but as soon as I do ls, put or get the connection time out. Then I must close the program and start again.
I've tried several ftp clients, windows build in ftp, FTP commander, Winscp, FTPshell, filezilla, just to name a few. I've also tried both passive and active mode, though my host say I must use passive. I've tried removing all port forward on my router. I've tried both using router making connection and pc making the connection. I've recently changed over to vista, but still have xp on my pc too and xp has the same result. I even tried DSL (Dam Small Linux)
All have the same result, failing about 90% of the time.
Here is a extract from filezilla. You'll see, the first list command was successful, but then after changing to another folder, the list command failed. I'm using Telkom Internet, could that be the problem. Also tried Axxess shapped prepaid account, still same problem.
I tried using net2ftp.com and managed to upload 5 times in a row with no problem, so it seem as if the problem is on my side. I don't want to keep on bothering my host service provider, since it don't seem to be a problem on their side and also I feel I only have the lowest valued package paying R10 per month, I can't expect them to run up and down for me for such little money.
Anyone have any idea what is going on here.
Reason why I'd like to use ftp apposed to using my host's web interface, is so that I can automate the process of uploading, uploading only the files that I changed automatically.
Is there perhaps any other alternatives to ftp. My site is hosted on a linux box.
I have a website hosted in the US. Lately, past few months I'm battling with uploading files to my site with FTP. Several times I've opened support tickets with my host about this problem. Though they try their best to help, it generally along the line of nothing wrong with the server, must be fault on client side. After a day or two or three and several failed attempts I try again and whala the upload work. I let my host provider know that ftp worked and they say, but they didn't do anything on the server. Neither did I, so I was a bit skeptical. Few weeks later when I try to upload again, same problem.
Now I've discovered that when I run into the problem and I just keep on trying that eventually the upload succeed. Then if I try 2 min later it fail.
Description of problem.
I can always connect to the server, I can change directory on remote server, but as soon as I do ls, put or get the connection time out. Then I must close the program and start again.
I've tried several ftp clients, windows build in ftp, FTP commander, Winscp, FTPshell, filezilla, just to name a few. I've also tried both passive and active mode, though my host say I must use passive. I've tried removing all port forward on my router. I've tried both using router making connection and pc making the connection. I've recently changed over to vista, but still have xp on my pc too and xp has the same result. I even tried DSL (Dam Small Linux)
All have the same result, failing about 90% of the time.
Here is a extract from filezilla. You'll see, the first list command was successful, but then after changing to another folder, the list command failed. I'm using Telkom Internet, could that be the problem. Also tried Axxess shapped prepaid account, still same problem.
I tried using net2ftp.com and managed to upload 5 times in a row with no problem, so it seem as if the problem is on my side. I don't want to keep on bothering my host service provider, since it don't seem to be a problem on their side and also I feel I only have the lowest valued package paying R10 per month, I can't expect them to run up and down for me for such little money.
Anyone have any idea what is going on here.
Reason why I'd like to use ftp apposed to using my host's web interface, is so that I can automate the process of uploading, uploading only the files that I changed automatically.
Is there perhaps any other alternatives to ftp. My site is hosted on a linux box.
, I'm just happy all is well now.