yourwebsitecuteftp

THEINFORMATIONINTHISARTICLEAPPLIESTO:CuteFTP(allversions)SYMPTOMThefollowingerrormessageoccurswhentryingtoestablishaconnectioninCuteFTP:ERROR:>Theconnectionfailedduetoanerrorortimeout.
POSSIBLECAUSESThereareafewpossiblecausesforthiserror:1.
Thehostaddresswasmistyped,isnotvalid,orhaschanged.
2.
Yourfirewallorantivirussoftwareisblockingoutbound/inboundconnectionsto/fromCuteFTP.
3.
TheFTPServeristemporarilydown.
RESOLUTIONfor#1HeresomeexamplesofvalidFTPhostaddresses:yourdomain.
com(Yourown.
com,.
net,.
org,etcdomain)ftp.
yourdomain.
comyourwebsite.
netyourwebsite.
orgCuteFTPerror"connectionfailedduetoanerrorortimeout"NumberIPaddressformat:68.
68.
208.
68Ifyouarenotsurewhatthehostaddressis,contacttheFTPServeradministrator/Webhostingprovidertoverifythatyouaretypinginthecorrecthostaddress.
RESOLUTIONfor#2Verifythatyourfirewall/antivirussoftwareorhardwareisnotatfaultbydisablingitcompletely.
IfyouareabletoconnecttotheFTPServerafteryouhavedisabledyourfirewall,youwillneedtoconfigureittoallowtrafficfromCuteFTP(addCuteFTPasanexception)inordertopreventhavingtodisableyourfirewalleachtimeyouuseCuteFTP.
YoumustaddBOTHcuteftp(pro).
exeandftpte.
exetothelistofexceptionsinyourfirewallsoftware.
Contactthesoftware'smanufacturerifyouneedassistancewithaddingexceptions.
RESOLUTIONfor#3ContacttheServeradministrator/WebHostingprovidertocheckthestatusontheFTPServer.
Itcouldbepossiblyundergoingmaintenanceorexperiencingproblems.
IfyouareusingCuteFTPtoupload/downloadfilesforyourwebsite,contactthecompanythatyoupaytosetup/configureyourwebsite(thisisyourWebhostingProvider)RefertothefollowingKBarticlesformoreinformation:10130-HOWTO:CannotconnecttoServerviaCuteFTP(WindowsFirewallconfiguration)10133-HOWTO:FirewallandRouterSetup10152-HOWTO:TroubleshootingCuteFTPConnectionProblems10245-HOWTO:WindowsFirewallConfigurationforusewithCuteFTP10294-PRB:CuteFTPCan'tConnectAfterUpgradetoMSIE710384-ERRDOC:SocketError10060CuteFTPerror"connectionfailedduetoanerrorortimeout"GlobalSCAPEKnowledgeBasehttps://kb.
globalscape.
com/Knowledgebase/10481/CuteFTP-error-connection-fai.
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CuteFTPerror"connectionfailedduetoanerrorortimeout"