Hello all

I have a Linux Mint 20 FTP server setup. I am able to connect from a Windows 10 machine using (terminal) command line w/o problems.
However, when using Filezilla (latest version), I cannot.

It gives these messages;

I selected unsecured connection.

Status: Connecting to 192.168.x.x:21...
Status: Connection established, waiting for welcome message...
Status: Insecure server, it does not support FTP over TLS.
Status: Server does not support non-ASCII characters.
Status: Logged in
Status: Retrieving directory listing...
Status: Logged in
Status: Retrieving directory listing...
Command: PWD
Response: 257 "/home/user" is the current directory
Command: TYPE I
Response: 200 Switching to Binary mode.
Command: PASV
Response: 227 Entering Passive Mode (192,168,1,x,x,x).
Command: LIST
Error: Connection timed out after 20 seconds of inactivity
Error: Failed to retrieve directory listing
Status: Disconnected from server

Can you please help?

Thanks
Frank

Are you using filezilla from a Windows or Linux machine? What sort of Linux machine?

What is generating this? Have you also looked at the logs from the other side?

There are some very clear messages here; I'd start with the last one: tell your server to NOT time out after 20s.

Also it has to be said, FTP is 100% insecure. Consider using sftp instead (part of openssh).

Indeed. And, on top of that, SFTP is far easier to set up. Both FileZilla and the file manager in Linux Mint already support SFTP. Old FTP has served its purpose, it got people working with files on remote systems. It is not the 1980s any more, let FTP go and uninstall it.