Problems FTPing through Dreamweaver

Has suddenly stopped allowing access

[webboy1]

Hi,

I have been using Dreamweaver to FTP now for several years and have very rarely ever had any issues with it.

However, recently i have not been able to connect to one of our servers. My laptop recently had to have XP Pro reinstalled and security was tightened .... but i am not sure if this has anything to do with it.

A couple of things are confusing me - which is why i am asking for your help:

1) I have FTP Sites set up on 2 different servers. I can still connect to server 1 no problems, but server 2 takes ages - eventually resulting in the following error: "Dreamweaver cannot determine the remote server time. The select newer and synchronize commands will not be available"

2)My colleague and I connect to the web through the same broadband connection (same fixed IP). He can connect to server 2 with no problems at all - so why can't i?

Does anyone know of any settings that can cause this to suddenly happen?

Any and all suggestions are welcome.

Im running Dreamweaver MX 2004 on Windows XP Pro.

Cheers,
Webboy

[limbo]

You changed anything in the remote settings? Active FTP? Passive FTP? Login? FTP Host?

Has anything changed on your server? New technology installed?

[nonstop]

What happens if you try to ftp to the site using something else like flashfxp?

[webboy1]

I havent knowingly changed any settings at all. I have checked settings and they all appear to be the same as they have always been.

As for trying another FTP client. I assume it is not the server that is the problem but something to do with Dreamweaver and my laptop. 2 other machines in the office can connect to this server with the same details (i.e. static IP and usernames) - and they appear to have the exact same settings as my laptop.

Will keep looking.

Thanks,
Brian

[nonstop]

found this on the net might help you...

This morning I logged into my test server and received 'Dreamweaver Can not determine the remote server time.... for the first time. I've used Dreamweaver for over 3 years and have never seen this. After spending more than 2 hours searching the Internet, I found the solution.

Cause: One of our editors had checked in the entire site from DW, thus changing the ownership of the root directory. Once I changed the ownership of the root directory back to 'Web' (that's the group that all users belong to that has read/write permissions) everything was fine. I did a CHOWN in UNIX as follows # chown web:web htdocs

I just want to save someone a lot of time. This problem can be caused by not being able to write the DW temporary file to the root directory, whether it's disk space OR permissions.
If your server is like mine, every time someone checks a file in, the ownership changes from the generic 'web' account to the individual user.

and..

dreamweaver has a bug at the moment if you have loaded sp2 onto your pc that you use dreamweaver to develope with, I had spent a hugh amount of time trying to figure out my problems with testing server etc etc. macromedia have released a patch