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Offline dustoff99

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FTP Issues
« on: September 15, 2013, 07:57:04 pm »
Greetings,

I am having issues with FTP timing out to my web host.  I have ran Simple System Tweaker and TCPOptimizer in the past. 

Could SST make a change that would affect my FTP ability?

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Re: FTP Issues
« Reply #1 on: September 16, 2013, 03:18:22 pm »
The ISP and the router can make a difference.

I had a customer last week who couldn't download a single thing from FTP from HP, yet I could from home. Turned out it was a setting in his router.

Most ISP's have a auto disconnect of connections when it doesnt see anything go through it for a short time. I had this problem with remote desktop. Thankfully remote desktop has a reg key option to send a "heartbeat" packet every few sec. to make sure the connection stays open.

Most FTP programs have an option like that as well. That might do the trick for you.

Shane

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Re: FTP Issues
« Reply #2 on: September 16, 2013, 04:15:11 pm »
ISP told me I had my security too high on my router.  I am G2G now, was frantic earlier when my website was hacked and I couldn't ftp the fix.

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Re: FTP Issues
« Reply #3 on: September 17, 2013, 11:15:24 am »
Glad you got it fixed :-)

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