Is it Optusnet? I recall that others have succeeded in accessing their sites via FTP through Nautilus in Ubuntu. But I've never had any luck. And the story is no different with Hardy Heron.
I tried several times via Nautilus (Places/Connect to Server/FTP with login) and the story is the same each time - I get through initially but after a few seconds the "Unable to display folders. Connection has been reset by the peer". Who is the peer - Optusnet? And why reset? Do they detect connections from Linux PCs and then reject those?
BTW - I note from the Optusnet site that the port used for FTP is 21. But setting that made no difference.
I just found a long discussion I had about this very issue on the Whirlpool forum 9 months back - http://forums.whirlpool.net.au/forum-replies.cfm?t=759644
Apparently Nautilus FTP to Optusnet works for some, but not for me.
Progress made! FTP is successful via a downloaded app - gFTP if I set the mode to active (passive is default). The upshot of this thread - http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=54436 is that Nautilus attempts FTP in passive mode, which Optuszoo doesn't like. Apparently a means of switching between active and passive mode may be added to a future version of Nautilus. It's a registered bug.
To change mode in gFTP from its main menu, choose FTP/Options/FTP, then uncheck 'passive file transfers'. To save a local directory listing, navigate to the directory then choose 'save directory listing' under 'Local' in the top menu. Note - the folder may not show up in the drop-down list until you reopen the app.
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