I can login with FTP but I can't see anything and then after a while it times out.

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I can login with FTP but I can't see anything and then
after a while it times out.

To fix this problem generally caused by being behind a firewall, find the setting in your FTP program for "Passive Mode" or "PASV Mode" and turn it on.

Also, be sure that the hostname that you are connecting to is: ftp.yourdomain.com or ftp.modwest.com

User-Contributed Notes

anonymous -at- example.com
09-May-2005 15:12

If you're using FTP on the command line, you can get into passive mode
by typing PASV.

anonymous -at- example.com
13-Aug-2009 16:42

Because FTP passes your username & password in plain text, it is highly
recommended that you configure your FTP client application to connect to
Modwest's FTP server via the 'SFTP' method, instead of plain 'FTP'.  

http://blog.modwest.com/2009/07/alternatives-to-ftp.html

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