DW FTP problems





What is wrong with Dreamweaver FTP and transferring files to a server (any server)? Almost any other FTP program works fine - except Dreamweaver's.

I get almost all possible errors with DW ftp:

- hangs

- waits

- it skips files 

- uploads/downloads waaaay too long (for a 1 min job DW needs 30 minutes or more; If I want to upload a few hundreds of small files - for example, 20 MB in total it's almost impossible).

I do have a lot (hundreds/thousands) of files (html, js, PHP,..) in a folder (subfolders).

I am subscribed to Adobe cloud (latest updates), updated WIN, 100Mbps/10Mbps, 8 ms PING, comp i7/16GB/1TB SSD...). 

Everything else (Photoshop, even other parts of DW ...) is nice and works great - just FTP is driving me nuts.

FTP is for a web developer the main tool. I can even code in a notepad - but DW is great because we can save files with one click on both places simultaneously (local and server). 

I did try a lot of different options (active/passive FTP...) but no luck...
Over the years, I've had several versions of DW -- some were more stable than others.  I can honestly say, the FTP has never been a big problem for me.   If it ever becomes glitchy, I close DW and clear my cache or restore preferences as that fixes most  problems. 

**[Unusual behavior in Dreamweaver? Try restoring preferences.](https://helpx.adobe.com/dreamweaver/kb/restore-preferences-dreamweaver.html "https://helpx.adobe.com/dreamweaver/kb/restore-preferences-dreamweaver.html")** 

I mainly work with dynamic sites but I don't have more than 2,000 files per site folder.    Each site folder resides on my primary hard drive within my local testing server's default web directory (htdocs or www).   

![CC-testingServer1.jpg](/legacyfs/online/1550323_CC-testingServer1.jpg)

I use Ctrl+Shift+U to upload an open document to server.  To be quite honest, it happens so fast, I don't even see the background process panel.    If I'm uploading many files, I expand my files panel so I can compare contents of local site with remote server to ensure that the last modified timestamps are consistent.

![CC-FilesPanel-expanded.jpg](/legacyfs/online/1550322_CC-FilesPanel-expanded.jpg)

Finally, I had to turn off Real-Time backups and anti-virus scanning while I work.  When those processes were running in the background, everything came to a crawl. 

Hope this helps.



 Nancy O'Shea, ACP  

Alt-Web Design & Publishing
well, transferring your data and transferring that and your settings are different. data, such as music, letters, video, pictures can burn to disk or copy/move to external drive. installed applications won't go, you'll have to reinstall from disk or download. on the other hand, you can transfer settings, favorites etc. use files and settings transfer wizard. or laplink software and cable. Hey [@Snapm2r](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/468609), 


 


Thanks for getting in touch on the Dropbox Community about this issue!
 
Seems what you’re experiencing is due to the connection to our server being blocked or interrupted. As a first step, I’d recommend having a look at your settings locally, since it seems like an [antivirus](https://www.dropbox.com/help/syncing-uploads/stuck-syncing), firewall, security program, [proxy](https://www.dropbox.com/help/desktop-web/connecting-through-proxy) or VPN is blocking the Dropbox desktop. Can you make sure that these steps are [followed for the configuration of your firewall](https://www.dropbox.com/help/desktop-web/configuring-firewall) if you’re on a working environment and that the domains listed [here](https://www.dropbox.com/help/217) are allowed or whitelisted?
 

Should the above steps fail, then please try installing the newest version of the desktop application (32.4.xx) to see if the issues is resolved:
 
[https![:confused face:](/html/emoticons/1f615.png ":confused face:")/www.dropbox.com/downloading?plat=win&type=full](https://www.dropbox.com/downloading?plat=win&type=full)
  
Please let me know the results in your reply! 
 
Warm regards, 
JaneA  


 

  
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[View solution in original post](/t5/Dropbox-installs-integrations/Something-Went-Wrong-Error-after-new-install/m-p/238099#M73045) i finally got it figured out. by default, iperf sends to the server.  so my 5.5 mbps throughput was only my upload speed.  when i ran iperf in reverse mode (-r) is downloads from the server.  i wasn't getting good results from a single tcp session, but when i increased it to 10, i was getting the results i was expecting (47 mbps).  if you want to try these tests for yourself you can use these commands for any public iperf server: *case sensitiveupload test      - iperf3 -c iperf.he.netdownload test  - iperf3 -r -c iperf.he.net -p10 i do not know what the bandwidth limitation is with this iperf server just a heads up. i believe we found the solution. as far as we could tell, these issues began to happen after we moved everything to windows 7. however, one of the helpdesk people said they thought they remembered it happening once before that while the computers were still all xp. 
i looked into the av, which was moved to a different server and upgraded shortly before our windows 7 project began. evidently, trend's migration tool that was used did not migrate over port exceptions in the firewall. after adding a few recommended exceptions to the firewall, everything started to work. 
it seems that the client firewall was blocking return snmp traffic from the printer which was keeping the computer from realizing that printing had completed. this was keeping the connection open to the printer preventing anything else from printing on that computer or any others connected to it. 
the ports added as exceptions were: udp 161(probably the only one needed), tcp 9100, 9220, 9500. It doesn't matter what code editor you use for your website, it depends upon the language you use. Visual Studio is good enough for C, C++, C#, Visual Basic, ASP.net, etc. It isn't good for php.


It makes the work of a programmer easier with all its embedded features. it is an design based code editor. That is why I like it. Dreamweaver on the other hand, gives me a chance to learn the codes thoroughly, since it does not come with ready made help plugins and designing features as such. [image] t\_t:

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those domains are pending name server update, [@t\_t](/u/t_t), that has to happen prior to transferring the domain to cloudflare registrar, good tip here, [community tip - fixing “pending nameserver update”](https://community.cloudflare.com/t/community-tip-fixing-pending-nameserver-update/75415) . A couple of notes to get started:



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Wouldn't this be better as `map`?



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> I then re-create the Dask DF:
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`ddf_out` was already a dask dataframe, I don't know why you had to do this.



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> The columns in result seem to match those in metadir.
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The value of `result.columns` is taken from the meta you provided, no computing happens until you ask for it (dask is lazy in most operations). Does the ValueError exception not provide further information?


Here is a full example



```
x = ({'F9_07_PZ_COMP_DIRECT': '0',
  'F9_07_PZ_DIRTRSTKEY_NAME': 'DEBRA MEALY',
  'F9_07_PZ_COMP_OTHER': '0',
  'F9_07_PZ_COMP_RELATED': '0',
  'F9_07_PZ_TITLE': 'CHAIR PERSON',
  'F9_07_PZ_AVE_HOURS_WEEK': '1.00',
  'F9_07_PC_TRUSTEE_INDIVIDUAL': 'X'},
 {'F9_07_PZ_COMP_DIRECT': '0',
  'F9_07_PZ_DIRTRSTKEY_NAME': 'HELEN GORDON',
  'F9_07_PZ_COMP_OTHER': '0',
  'F9_07_PZ_COMP_RELATED': '0',
  'F9_07_PZ_TITLE': 'VICE CHAIR',
  'F9_07_PZ_AVE_HOURS_WEEK': '1.00',
  'F9_07_PC_TRUSTEE_INDIVIDUAL': 'X'})
df = pd.DataFrame({'a': x})
d = dd.from_pandas(df, 1)
meta = pd.DataFrame(columns=['F9_07_PZ_COMP_DIRECT', 
       'F9_07_PZ_DIRTRSTKEY_NAME',
       'F9_07_PZ_COMP_OTHER', 'F9_07_PZ_COMP_RELATED', 'F9_07_PZ_TITLE',
       'F9_07_PZ_AVE_HOURS_WEEK', 'F9_07_PC_TRUSTEE_INDIVIDUAL'], dtype="O")
d.map_partitions(lambda df: df.a.apply(pd.Series), meta=meta).compute()

```

How did I know what `meta` to use? I applied the function to the pandas dataframe - you might use a small piece of the dataframe to do this.


Some additional notes:


* it is an anti-pattern to load the data with pandas, pass to dask workers and then gather the whole result back to a pandas (in memory) dataframe, you are very unlikely to see a speedup this way and may incur a lot of overhead. You are better off loading with something like `dd.read_csv`, and aggregating or writing with dask functions too. Only `compute()` on something that will be small or not return anything (because it involves writing the output). The official examples do not use from\_pandas.
* string and dict processing are python methods, and so hold the interpreter lock (GIL) of any python function: threads will not actually run in parallel. To get parallelism, you need to run in processes, which is most easily achieved using <https://docs.dask.org/en/latest/setup/single-distributed.html>
* the distributed scheduler also gives you access to the dashboard, which has a lot of useful information to diagnose how your system is running. You can also configure a lot about its behaviour, in case you have firewall rules you need to obey. If your intent is to move a file from one iSeries (or System i) to another iSeries/System i then I’m not sure why you are going through the intermediate step of a text file. But in any case, if you have TCP/IP up between the two systems then FTP is the way to go.


If you just want the data, ftp the file.


If you want the database:  

Create a save file on the source system  

Save the database to the save file  

Create a save file on the target system  

FTP the save file to the target system in binary mode  

Restore the database on the target system


If you’re not familiar with FTP let us know. We can guide you through the steps (there aren’t many). If you don’t have TCP/IP between the two systems, let us know what options you do have in transferring data between the two systems (SNA, tape, etc).


Bruce Vining fax modems were developed decades ago. their design makes use of the fact that fax signals are merely audio tones sent along a normal telephone line, so re-designing a regular data modem to also be able to send faxes using the same phone capabilities was relatively simple.

these days you can buy a data modem either as an external box that connects to your computer via a port and cable, or as a card you can install in a pci or pcie slot. then you connect it to a phone line. becasue the addition of fax capabilites became so easy and commonplace, almost all data modems actually include that feature and are sold as fax modems. the drivers supplied with them allow your computer to use either type of service. many people do not install one of these because they have no intention of using a modem on a phone line - they prefer much faster data rates available by connections though the internet. so, unless they need fax abilities, nobody uses them anymore.

your interest seems to be mainly sending (and receiving?) faxes, and perhaps not even trying to use a data modem. current versions of windows make this really easy - you will not use your old winfax pro. windows includes all the tools you need to receive faxes in various ways, depending on whether you want your machine to always watch for incoming faxes, or only when you turn on the feature. for sending a fax it's even easier. windows always includes a system that makes a fax sending unit appear to be just another printer. you can "print" to that printer just as any other. when you do that, a window pops up to let you set a few parameters and then its sends the fax for you. it even includes a little utility to keep track of fax numbers that you can send to.

i used a fax modem infrequently on my last machine, and i really liked it. for one thing, the fax the recipient gets is really clean and readable, with no distortions or dirt specs caused by scanning. (actually, you can scan a document and then "print" it as a fax you send to someone.) but i used it rarely, and in my new machine there is no spare pci slot for the fax modem, so i never moved my old one to the new computer. it turned out there was a problem with storage within my server. it wasn’t a problem with cloudflare after all.