Is anyone experiencing failed ftp connections to ftp servers?

I was inclined to believe that until I tried to screen share with my wife's computer and that no longer worked. I did notice that FTP services are not on the list of services available in the Sharing control Panel.

But, given my issues with Safari and the Apple Java installation with Sierra, I cannot attribute the problem to the service provider or my web hosting service.

I spent a considerable time with them trying to resolve the issue.

PRAM rest cured the screen sharing issue, but FTP issue remains.

I didn't know that there was a builtin ftp utility in the terminal.

I can try that and will, but the issue is that Dreamweaver FTP transfers coordinates a substantial amount of activity associated with maintaining a web site. Using the other ftp clients, i.e., Transmit, CyberDuck and Filezilla, are emergency alternatives when doing web site management & maintainence. But, in yesterday's issue with FTP, none of them worked.

I was able to use POWWEB's online Control Panel to do some updates via their File Management option, but that does not coordinate content with Dreamweaver and the site structure on my local computer.

I plan to take another run at POWWEB technical service to look at possible server issues on their side, and will report back on my results.

Thanks for your advice.

terminal ftp also did not work, and yielded the same type message.

I tested the connection to the web hosting service with an ftp utility on my iPhone. The connection was made without any problems, so It isn't the web hosting service.

Any advice on where to start troubleshooting this issue or what logs to view?

Thanks

Trevoz,

Thanks for the info. I will try to setup the debug mode as you suggest and report back any results.

Thanks,

Vincent

I tried the Terminal ftp utility again and got the following results:

ftp -d server.com

Connected to server.com.

421 Service not available, remote server has closed connection.

ftp> open ftp.mozilla.org

Connected to d34chcsvb7ug62.cloudfront.net.

421 Service not available, remote server has closed connection.

ftp>

This is the resulting log from Filezilla:

The Firewall is on. And, if it needs to be turned off, I don't understand why there isn't a legitimate way to protect the system and still be able to accomplish basic tasks such as FTP.

Which server logs are you referring to? Are you referring to a "server" on my machine? If they are logs on my MacBook relative to ftp operations, where should I look for them or what log title can they be found under.

I am used to working with applications that handle almost all of the technical stuff, i.e. Dreamweaver, FileZilla, Transmit, and Cyberduck, I usually don't monkey around with ftp any more than putting in the basic information.

Trevoz,

Nothing has changed since etwo weeks ago when I last updated my firm's web sites. No changes were made to routers, modems or the WiFi Network.

The only change is that before I was running ElCapitan and now I'm running Sierra. It is not a problem at my web hosting service, I can log in on my iPhone with a mobile version of an FTP client.

This is an APPLE OS Sierra problem, just like the many people who are having problems with Safari crashing, because the new system integration does not like the way Apple customers constructed their Bookmarks List. Apple forgets that we are the customers, and they shouldn't bully us the way Microsoft customers are bullied.