Dreamweaver FTP via a proxy connection?

I am finding it so far impossible to FTP using Dreamweaver. I get this
error message:
--
An FTP error occurred - cannot make connection to host.
The remote host cannot be found.
--

1. FTP Program I normally use is Dreamweaver. This works fine on a direct
dial-up connection, but not when connecting via proxy (network). I also
have used WS-FTP successfully, but it too has so far not wanted to connect
when I am using the proxy connection. This computer is using Windows 98 SE.

2. The error message that I receive when I attempt to log on for FTP is:
An FTP errror occurred - cannot make connection to host. The remote host
cannot be found.

3. I am not behind a firewall (XP firewall is disabled), but I am using a
proxy connection. This is on a home network, and the gateway computer has
Winproxy, enabling the other computers on the network to access the internet
via that one dialup connection. This works fine for HTTP, just not FTP (so
far).

4. I am currently running Norton SystemWorks on this computer. I tried
disabling Autoprotect, but got the same FTP error message.

Please let me know what you think I should try. I am willing to use
Dreamweaver or WS-FTP to upload, whatever will work. I would even use
web-based uploading if necessary, if you offer that feature. Thanks -

Scott wrote:

I am finding it so far impossible to FTP using Dreamweaver. I get this
error message:
--
An FTP error occurred - cannot make connection to host.
The remote host cannot be found.
--

1. FTP Program I normally use is Dreamweaver. This works fine on a direct
dial-up connection, but not when connecting via proxy (network). I also
have used WS-FTP successfully, but it too has so far not wanted to connect
when I am using the proxy connection. This computer is using Windows 98 SE.

2. The error message that I receive when I attempt to log on for FTP is:
An FTP errror occurred - cannot make connection to host. The remote host
cannot be found.

3. I am not behind a firewall (XP firewall is disabled), but I am using a
proxy connection. This is on a home network, and the gateway computer has
Winproxy, enabling the other computers on the network to access the internet
via that one dialup connection. This works fine for HTTP, just not FTP (so
far).

4. I am currently running Norton SystemWorks on this computer. I tried
disabling Autoprotect, but got the same FTP error message.

Please let me know what you think I should try. I am willing to use
Dreamweaver or WS-FTP to upload, whatever will work. I would even use
web-based uploading if necessary, if you offer that feature. Thanks -

You've given a lot of information but still not enough :-)

Is your web site hosted on Linux or windows?

Things to try:

Look for passive mode in your FTP software (not sure if Dreamweaver has
it or not) and enable it. I host sites on a Linux machine and this
solved most problems.

If you have a slow connection (ie dial-up), try increasing the time-out
value setting in your FTP program. For instance if the default is 60:00,
try changing it to 120:00. Many of our customers have had problems with
Dreamweaver and this fix also worked for them.

Setup your server (WinXP) to port forward 21 to your win98 IP address. I
don't know if this will help or not but I had trouble with some programs
and port forwarding solved it.

Check to make sure your ISP isn't having problems.

If none of those work post what happened and I'll see what else I can
think of.

Simon Day.