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This is a very strange thing. I recently just got a domain name and some server space hosted by a friend. When I was at home, everything worked great, I could upload files using FTP and all that. Then, I moved back to school (I’m a college student) and for some reason, the same settings, user/pass I used at home don’t work on my computer at school. The connection just times out when I try to FTP to my server. However, it works on any other computer besides my own. The website isn’t down or anything either, it works fine and loads fine when I access it. It’s just FTPing to it. I’m running Windows XP, and typically use Filezilla to upload files.
I should clarify that I can’t FTP with any software. Although I use Filezilla primarily, I couldn’t FTP even using IE or Firefox or other FTP client.
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2 Responses to “why can’t I FTP to my server from my own computer?”
if the server is working and it works everywhere else, maybe your FTP software got corrupted somehow – possibly a file or 2 got deleted accidentally or the registry is messed up or something?
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It sounds like it may be a global computer issue rather than a software issue. Making FTP work can be difficult. Can you FTP to any site? (Try http://ftp.cdc.gov). One easy thing to check is the difference between active and passive FTP access. This is controlled for Windows by the IE ‘Tools – Internet Options – Advanced’ checkbox. You might also try searching the web for “FTP troubleshoot” as there are good resources out there. Also, there is a good description of how FTP works on Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File_Transfer_Protocol) – that may help.
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