{"id":8172,"date":"2020-04-07T16:30:08","date_gmt":"2020-04-07T16:30:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.siliconhouse.net\/support\/?page_id=8172"},"modified":"2020-04-07T16:30:13","modified_gmt":"2020-04-07T16:30:13","slug":"how-to-solve-connection-timed-out-after-20-sec-of-inactivity-error-to-connect-ftp","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.siliconhouse.net\/support\/how-to-solve-connection-timed-out-after-20-sec-of-inactivity-error-to-connect-ftp\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Solve a &#8220;Connection timed out after 20 sec of inactivity&#8221; error to connect FTP?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Silicon House is a complete solution provider for reseller hosting, dedicated servers and cloud servers. Our expertise is in implementing high availability, high performance and hybrid cloud servers \/ dedicated servers.Silicon House runs hundreds of servers serving customers in more than 90+ countries. Our commitment towards quality is shown in our processes and products that we deliver to thousands of customers around the world. <br><br>Kindly refer the below options to over come this error \u201cConnection timed out after 20 seconds of inactivity&#8221; to connect FTP server.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Option 1:<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p>1) Open filezilla<br>2) Click on \u201cSite manager\u201d under \u201cFile\u201d tab.<br>3) A new window will appear, in that you have to mention correct details:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Host name: Your domain name or IP address<br>Port number: 21<br>Protocol: FTP<br>Encryption: \u201cOnly use plan FTP (insecure)\u201d<br>Logon type: Normal <br>Then try to connect it will connect properly to the FTP server<br><br>If this &#8220;option 1&#8221; still does not connect properly to the FTP server, then we can try to modify the connection mode either active mode or passive mode.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Option 2 :<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p><br>For this we need to navigate to\u00a0Edit menu:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>1) Click on the Edit menu and choose\u201dSettings\u201d.<br>2) Here choose \u201cFTP\u201d and select Transfer Mode \u201cActive mode or Passive mode\u201d and click &#8220;OK&#8221;. 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