For two-plus years I've been using Ipswitch's WS_FTP95LE program without a hitch, and suddenly it doesn't work. It's long since been labeled a legacy program and unsupported, but that never mattered much, as it always worked. Now, however, no matter what I've tried, it tries to connect to a 0.0.0.0 address and fails (understandably). I've tried using the correct IP address, using ftp.domain.com, closing/re-opening, etc., and nothing works.
There are other freebies out there (notably Core FTP), so I'm not without options, but I sure am puzzled by the sudden failure of a program which has worked for a long long time. Anyone ever run into this?
Posted by Linkmeister at September 12, 2004 04:32 PMDon't know what has caused your problem, but fwiw I use FTP Explorer and really like it. It's got a Windows Explorer-like interface which makes it very easy to use. Just FYI.
Posted by: Charles Kuffner at September 12, 2004 05:48 PMI don't know what your problem is, either, but I use Filezilla for my ftp needs.
Posted by: Solonor at September 12, 2004 05:59 PMI like FTP Explorer, too, on the PC.
Posted by: Scott at September 12, 2004 06:32 PMI'm using WSFTP-Pro for Windows 95 and NT and it still works just fine.
Posted by: Karan at September 12, 2004 06:38 PMCharles, Scott...I downloaded FTP Explorer and had no trouble getting into my server. Thanks for the tip.
Being the ornery sort I am, I'd still like to know what went wrong, but it's nice to have an alternative.
Posted by: Linkmeister at September 12, 2004 10:40 PMI've been using WS-FTP LE (version 5.08) for a couple of years. Just checked, and it's working fine.
Posted by: N in Seattle at September 12, 2004 10:40 PMI think it's a still TBD server issue, N.
Posted by: Linkmeister at September 12, 2004 11:01 PMCheck your firewall settings. If you recently did an update of the firewall software, or Windows, that may have blocked the outgoing port. Just a thought, ;-)
Posted by: Crazy Neighbor Lady at September 13, 2004 01:32 AM