FTP problem

[Ogre55]

I am trying to connect my apple to a machine running a unix OS. I haven't been able to see it on my home network so I tried using an ftp client to communicate with it. I can see all the files on it using this but I can't transfer files because it says that a connection cant be made. But if I see the files then I am connected, right? Any help.

 

[superbovine]

I am trying to connect my apple to a machine running a unix OS. I haven't been able to see it on my home network so I tried using an ftp client to communicate with it. I can see all the files on it using this but I can't transfer files because it says that a connection cant be made. But if I see the files then I am connected, right? Any help.

need more info about the unix machine, your network, ftp software, can you ping the server, and what do you mean by "i haven't been able to see"?

 

[mkrishnan]

If you are unix-savvy, what happens when you ftp or sftp from the terminal prompt in MacOS to the Unix box?