SubJeff on 31/12/2009 at 00:13
So, here is the way it stands.
1. I can log into other FTP sites from this machine with FileZilla.
2. I can log into my sites with FileZilla from a friend's machine which also has FileZilla.
3. I still cannot log into my sites on this machine, with FileZillla, running Windows 7.
What the hell?
Al_B, here is what I get when I do what you did.
Code:
Status: Connecting to 194.154.164.101:21...
Status: Connection established, waiting for welcome message...
Response: 220 ATLAS/WebFusion FTP server
Command: USER wrong
Response: 331 Please specify the password.
Command: PASS *****
Error: Connection timed out
Error: Could not connect to server
Always a time out. I was connected at my friends in a second :(
Al_B on 31/12/2009 at 04:02
That's very strange - I'm just about stumped on this one, I'm afraid :(. The communication is getting far enough along that you
should see the login reject message with the incorrect details.
You could always simulate what your FTP program does. (
http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/download.html) Get putty or puttytel, select "raw" or "telnet" for your connection type, put in IP address 194.154.164.101 and port 21. You'll need to issue the USER and PASS commands yourself - they're case sensitive so you'll need to use uppercase, but you should be able to see what's going on. For example it does this from here:
Code:
220 ATLAS/WebFusion FTP server
USER wrong
331 Please specify the password.
PASS wrong
530 Login incorrect.
If that still hangs for a long time after the "PASS" line then I really don't know what's going on.
SubJeff on 3/1/2010 at 16:29
Could this be a router problem?
My friend has an Orange Livebox and I have an Orange Siemens Gigaset SE 572 WLAN.
I'm googling it now.
SubJeff on 6/1/2010 at 13:17
I've tested this with a laptop on the same connection. Same problem.
Its the connection or the router, not my computer.
There must be some setting in the router that is stopping things but I've no idea where to start and the manual for that router is not to be found anywhere...
Al_B on 6/1/2010 at 17:37
Had a quick look and can't find a manual for that router either. You should be able to log into it using a web browser and typing in the address of your default gateway (run ipconfig from a command line to find it - probably 192.168.1.1 or 192.168.1.254 or a similar number). No idea what the password should be - I'd try admin for both to start with but possibly it's printed on the underside of your router?
Having said that, the fact that you're able to use other FTP sites makes me puzzled that you're only having a problem with that one in particular. Did you try the test using putty / puttytel and if so what did it do after your "PASS ..." line?
SubJeff on 7/1/2010 at 12:06
I haven't use putty - I've no idea what I'm doing with it.
I have accessed the router through the browser and altered a few things, including turning off the router firewall, but nothing makes a difference. Its back on the defaults now.
Al_B on 7/1/2010 at 18:42
Putty is not difficult to use - in fact it's my every day terminal program. For this purpose it won't show you things such as if the server is being blocked connecting back to your computer, but it will allow you to control logging into the FTP server directly and it won't time out too soon.
Just get and run it from the link above. Enter your details as follows:
Inline Image:
http://i473.photobucket.com/albums/rr99/Al_Bro/putty.pngYou should only have to change the Host Name, Port and Protocol settings and hit Open. This should then connect you to the FTP server:
Inline Image:
http://i473.photobucket.com/albums/rr99/Al_Bro/ftp1.pngEnter "USER <username>" (either a valid one or invalid one), followed by "PASS <password>" (again - either valid or invalid). Just make sure you enter USER and PASS in uppercase. Here, when using an incorrect username / password combination it correctly rejects my login:
Inline Image:
http://i473.photobucket.com/albums/rr99/Al_Bro/ftp2.pngAll of the above happens within a few seconds and as long as it correctly prompts you for your username and password your router shouldn't be getting in the way.
SubJeff on 8/1/2010 at 10:31
Okay.
If I use wrong and wrong I get a login incorrect error, but it hangs for a long time before the error comes up.
If I use the correct details it hangs and then the window just closes with a sort of electro-fart noise.
Now I'm suspecting its my hosts again. :(
Al_B on 8/1/2010 at 16:53
Ah, ok - well that's useful information. At least you're getting the correct reject message. Can you try again with the right details, but change the "Close window on exit" option at the bottom of putty to "Never"? That way you should be able to see what is being sent before the server closes the connection.
SubJeff on 8/1/2010 at 23:40
"Connection closed by remote host".
Hmmmm.
