FTP connection fails in VWD and WinFTP

[John Kauffman]

I'm not able to connect for FTP in either VWD CopyWeb or WinFTP.

In WD 2008 express I use:
ftp.intelligentinsults.com (ftp://ftp.intelligentinsults.com)
port 21
directory (blank)
Passive Mode = on
Anonymous login = off
username = intelligen6
Password = the same password that I received in my welcome to DiscountASP EMail.

I use same in Winftp and get this log:
[2] Connecting to ftp://0088652|intelligen6:***@ftp.intelligentinsults.com
[2] Resolving ftp.intelligentinsults.com (ftp://ftp.intelligentinsults.com)...
[2] ftp.intelligentinsults.com (ftp://ftp.intelligentinsults.com) => 96.31.33.24
[2] Connecting to 96.31.33.24:21
[2] 220-Microsoft FTP Service
[2] 220 DiscountASP.net FTP
[2] USER 0088652|intelligen6
[2] 331 Password required for 0088652|intelligen6.
[2] PASS (hidden)
[2] 530 User cannot log in.
[2] Retrying after 30 seconds for ftp://0088652|intelligen6:***@ftp.intelligentinsults.com

[wisemx]

Hi,
For IIS7 accounts you have to use the username that has the pipe command, not your control panel username.
Also, always try without Passive mode, it trips up many routers.
Salute,
Mark

[John Kauffman]

I turned off passive mode and went back to "pipe name" and it worked for both VWD and WinFTP Rush.

Thanks.

[mmunoz70]

I have the same problem with my VWD2008 Express, and I have an updated system. I can login using FTP with the VWD2008, but I can't list the remote directory, it freeze o hangs the IDE aplication. I must kill the Visual Web Developer 2008 Express Edition.

The web server use active connections only, and when I use the FTP command in MS-DOS shell it works normally, I can list or change files on the remote directory.

I have a Windows XP with SP3 applied, and I don't have a firewall in my box or local network, and I've uncheck the passive option from my IE8.

I can use the old version, VWD2005 Express Edition, in another computer, and I can download and change the files on the remote web server normally. I suspect that the problem is with the FTP client of VWD2008 EE, it may be only works in passive mode.

I can look the network connections using the command "netstat -nao" in the MS-DOS shell, I see that the 21/TCP port is established, but when list the directory, the networks connection try list files using high remote ports on the web server.

May be that ftp client VWD2008 works only forced using passive mode.

Ideas how fix (force the active connection)? Thanks

[bruce]

i think you can switch VWD to use Active transfer mode.

[mmunoz70]

The question is how I must do it?

Because when I start the connection, I put the correct login and password and uncheck the option "Use passive connection". That is the only one option for select the opposite, i.e. Active mode, but it doesn't work. The system try connect using high ftp ports, and in the IE option I unchecked too the same option (don't use passive mode for FTP).

[bruce]

that's the setting..

honestly, VWD's built in FTP really sucks. I advise many people publish the application to local file system and then use another FTP client to upload it.