Can't connect to rasp pi Access point

[pir8ped]

Hi,

I have 3 raspberry pi's each running a server. Two are connected to the internet via a router and the other is set up as an access point.

I can use FileZilla only with the first two, not the the standalone pi. But I can access the web pages served by any of them, and I can log into any of them using Putty. I just can't connect to the access point pi with FileZilla.

I've switched off Windows firewall in case that was stopping me connecting, but that hasn't helped.

I have previously connected with the access point pi using FileZilla, but I have updated a lot of things on the pi, and now it's not working.

It seems odd that all the pi's are responsive serving web pages, and all can be connected to using Putty, but I can't connect to the access point pi with FileZilla.

Any suggestions?

Thanks,

John Pedersen

[boco]

Websites are saved by webservers (HTTP), not affected by FTP at all. Maybe the FTP server on that device has a problem?

[pir8ped]

Sure, I mentioned the websites - I forgot to mention the pi's are all headless, so a response from the web server shows they're all alive at least.

I can reach the pi with the access point using FTP with Putty, but not via FTP with FileZilla.

John

[boco]

But doesn't PuTTY use SFTP/SSH2? That's not FTP.

[pir8ped]

Sorry, I meant SFTP, not ftp.

Still stuck on this one. Can connect using Putty, but can't connect using FileZilla

[botg]

Make sure to use SFTP as protocol when connecting.

[pir8ped]

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Here's a screenshot of FileZilla alongside Putty. Clicking on 'open' in Putty connects me to the pi (192.168.4.1) while clicking on Connect in FileZilla gets me a message could not connect to server.

Both using SSH.

John

[boco]

Both using SSH.

Nope, look again. FileZilla does not support SSH, it only supports SFTP, based on SSH. SFTP is a subsystem of the SSH protocol that does not necessarily have to be running. FileZilla can only connect if it is.
Try to connect using psftp of the PuTTY suite. Does that succeed?

[pir8ped]

Ah great. Thanks for that clarification.

PSFTP from the Putty suite can't connect either.

PSFTP is supposed to be running by default (after enabling SSH) on the pi, but clearly mine isn't. I probably messed it up when I was making the pi operate an access point. I'll review that procedure.

Thanks!