{"id":6138,"date":"2018-11-08T13:07:05","date_gmt":"2018-11-08T13:07:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.siliconhouse.net\/support\/?p=6138"},"modified":"2018-11-08T13:16:42","modified_gmt":"2018-11-08T13:16:42","slug":"ftp-eai_noname-neither-nodename-servname","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siliconhouse.net\/support\/linux-reseller-web-hosting\/ftp-eai_noname-neither-nodename-servname\/","title":{"rendered":"How to troubleshoot the FTP error &#8220;EAI_NONAME &#8211; Neither nodename nor servname provided, or not known&#8221; in linux reseller hosting?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>FTP is stands for FIle Transfer Protocol.FTP is used to transfer computer files.FTP can also be used to download files or programs from the Internet to your computer.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>When you download these files, you are transferring them from other servers through FTP.FTP uses different file transfer modes.ASCII mode is used to transfer the text files from one to another.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>When you are experiencing issues using FileZilla to connect via FTP, you can review the error logs for common problems.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>FileZilla is one of the popular File Transfer Protocol clients. The FileZilla is an open source and free File Transfer Protocol FTP client which works on all platform like Linux, Windows, and Mac. It used for uploading and downloading files.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Requirements for using FTP :<\/div>\n<div>================<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>1. FTP Client should be installed in the system<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>2. FTP server address<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>3. FTP Username and Password<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Error :<\/div>\n<div>====<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><strong><span class=\"black\">Status: Resolving address of ftp.domainame.com<\/span><\/strong><br \/>\n<strong><span class=\"black\">Status: Connection attempt failed with \u201cEAI_NONAME \u2013 Neither nodename nor servname provided, or not known\u201d.<\/span><\/strong><br \/>\n<strong><span class=\"red\">Error: Could not connect to server<\/span><\/strong><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Solution for the FileZilla Error \u2013 \u201cFailed With EAI\u201d<\/div>\n<div>===================================<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>1.\u00a0 Go to FileZilla and open the Site Manager.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>2.\u00a0 Click on your Site and you will see that your Host is currently ftp.yourdomainname.com<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>3. You now need to replace the Hostname with the IP Address.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>4. Choose Encryption method explicit FTP over TLS.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>5. Enter your username and password.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>6. Click connect.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>7. If you still having trouble connecting then you can try changing the encryption method from Use explicit FTP over TLS if available to Only use plain FTP (insecure).<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Also check the following details at your end.<\/div>\n<div>=========================<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>1. Check for spelling errors or try using the IP address<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>2. Check whether the domain is registered or not<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>3. Ensure the domain is pointed to our server.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>This error occurs when you enter a\u00a0hostname\u00a0that does not exist. There are several things you can do to fix this problem<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Check above details and fix the filezilla error.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>FTP is stands for FIle Transfer Protocol.FTP is used to transfer computer files.FTP can also be used to download files<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6138","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-linux-reseller-web-hosting"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Troubleshoot the ftp error EAI_NONAME- Neither nodename nor servname<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"FTP is used to transfer computer files also be used to download files or programs from the Internet to your computer and uses different file transfer modes\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.siliconhouse.net\/support\/linux-reseller-web-hosting\/ftp-eai_noname-neither-nodename-servname\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Troubleshoot the ftp error EAI_NONAME- Neither nodename nor servname\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"FTP is used to transfer computer files also be used to download files or programs from the Internet to your computer and uses different file transfer modes\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.siliconhouse.net\/support\/linux-reseller-web-hosting\/ftp-eai_noname-neither-nodename-servname\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Silicon House - Reseller Hosting - Dedicated Servers - Cloud\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/siliconhouse.net\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2018-11-08T13:07:05+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2018-11-08T13:16:42+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"shrafsupportadmin\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@siliconhouse\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@siliconhouse\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"shrafsupportadmin\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.siliconhouse.net\/support\/linux-reseller-web-hosting\/ftp-eai_noname-neither-nodename-servname\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.siliconhouse.net\/support\/linux-reseller-web-hosting\/ftp-eai_noname-neither-nodename-servname\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"shrafsupportadmin\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.siliconhouse.net\/support\/#\/schema\/person\/1e23ef08137e9a8b9f07edf759bc283f\"},\"headline\":\"How to troubleshoot the FTP error &#8220;EAI_NONAME &#8211; 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