erratic ftp connection

no matter what computer i'm on, what IP address or web server i'm connecting
from/to, i get this problem. it's been going on for a couple years and i have
been just living with it, but now i'm fed up. i also run into this problem on
multiple installs - different discs with different registration info.

i set up my local and remote FTP sites. click "test" and get a message like
"dreamweaver successfully connected to your website." but then when i close the
site manager window and try to connect to the FTP it keeps getting a "timeout"
error. i will close the error window and hit the connection icon again. and
again. and again. usually after 10-20 tries it will actually connect, but the
connection is spotty and will frequently drop me or "time out" when i do
something as simple as try to expand a folder.

i have tried multiple things, including toggling passive ftp (usually results
in not being able to make a test connection to the server), and increasing the
timeout limit. the only thing this accomplishes is increasing the time i have
to wait in order for it to tell me it can't connect.

what i cant understand is why, when i hit "test connection" does it connect
within nanoseconds, but when i actually try to load, expand or copy these
folders, it times out.

no other ftp program has this issue. cuteFTP and FireFTP work (with the same
settings) without hassle. i'm about ready to fire dreamweaver altogether.

Just for the record:

Which version of DW?

Which OS?

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Regards

John Waller

CS3 on OS X 10.4, G5 PPC dual 2 ghz

beuller?

now dreamweaver won't connect to the server at all, yet FireFTP connects from the same computer in a fraction of a second.

is anyone from Adobe listening?

is anyone from Adobe listening?

Unlikely. This is a free user-to-user forum.

However, try the various suggestions in this KB technote (even thought it
says CS3):

Troubleshoot FTP issues in Dreamweaver CS4
http://www.adobe.com/go/kb405912

Go through each one systematically.

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Regards

John Waller