Recently, I had a problem in accessing Bluehost FTP server due to a time-out error. I had to contact Bluehost Support via Live Chat. They instructed me to follow the following steps:
Please connect FTP using below details:
1) Open FileZilla
2) At the top left of FileZilla, select File > Site Manager
3) Within the site manager, enter in the following:
Host: 69.12.34.567
User: cpanel username (xxxxxxx) or ftp usernamePass: cpanel or ftp password
4) There is a dropdown labeled “Encryption”. Select “Only Use Plain FTP (insecure)”.
5) Press “Connect”
I followed the instructions and I could access FTP server without failure.
Your IP address can be found by going to hosting > manage ips.
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