WinSCP: The requested name is valid, but no data of the requested type was found. Connection failed

I'm supposed to access a server, but when I use WinSCP with FTP protocol to log in, I just get a warning that

The requested name is valid, but no data of the requested type was found. Connection failed.

I r开发者_开发百科eally have very little experience with working remotely on servers, or even logging into them. What are my alternatives?

This is the WSANO_DATA. error Quoting Microsoft documentation:

The usual example for this is a host name-to-address translation attempt ... which uses the DNS (Domain Name Server). An MX record is returned but no A record—indicating the host itself exists, but is not directly reachable.

(This can possibly happen for newly registered domain names that are no fully setup yet.)

See:
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/winsock/windows-sockets-error-codes-2#WSANO_DATA or
https://winscp.net/eng/docs/message_name_no_data

It could have been a temporary issue. Also make sure you specify your hostname without the leading ftp:// (though the latest version of WinSCP will strip it automatically).

You can find a very nice discussion on the same issue with WinSCP here

You can also try FileZilla or Putty

If you are typing your address like ftp://ftp.domain.com or things like that, remove the first part and just keep ftp.domain.com in your host address box.

You might want to consider PuTTY, which comes with a number of tools including a ssh client and a secure copy tool like WinSCP called pscp. Possibly even more valuable is the psftp client, which allows secure ftp to remote servers. PuTTY can be run from a usb drive, making it easy to carry with you to any computer, allowing you to remote into your server from all over the world.

You're probably using WinSCP to send or get files from/to the server, right? You might want to state that in your question. For that, you're probably better off with FileZilla. (You need the FileZilla client, not the Server)