I am having trouble with an FTP server. Whenever I try to access it via IE in active or passive mode I get the following error pop-up...."FTP Folder Error.... Windows cannot access this folder. Make sure you typed the file name correctly and that you have permission to access the folder."
If I access the ftp site using the direct IP address everthing works. FTP site answers and I am able to login and post files. It just doesn't work with the domain name. The text I am typing into IE address bar is.... ftp://xx.xx.xx.82 (works) or ftp://www.domain.com (no work)
About a month ago we broke out the website from the ftp site moving them to 2 servers each with its own permancent IP address. We use GoDaddy so we've configured two A records. One A record is for the www site and it points to IP address xx.xx.xx.84. The other A record for the ftp site points to xx.xx.xx.82. The domain name for both sites is the same.
If I try via the DOS command window using ftp xx.xx.xx.82 then I get the Connected msg and have the option to enter the user login. If I use ftp www.domain.com command after 30-45 seconds I get the following response.... "ftp: connect :unknow error number"
Appreciate any help with determining why the direct IP address works but the domain name does not.
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Jesper - Completed these steps. The nslookup points to the website for the domain not the ftp site. Checked with godaddy and they had me try ftp.domain.com and that works. My problem is resolved by using the ftp.domain.com approach. Not sure why that is but I am happy.
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by: _jesper_Posted on 2008-07-18 at 08:04:07ID: 22036558
ipconfig /flushdns
ipconfig /all
-> what is the dns server listed?
nslookup www.domain.com
If you don't get a response to nslookup, contact the DNS server administrator and ask them to flush their cache or the cache for that zone.