"broken pipe" - error - then doesn't connect

I am having a problem with a "broken pipe" - error - then doesn't connect to the server.
used to work fine eveyday. now it takes more than 20 seconds trying to connect then logs a
"broken pipe" - error - then doesn't connect.
what is happening?
thank you.

[06:43:54] Transfer Timeout (40s). Closing data connection.
[06:43:54] 31655 bytes transferred. (758 bytes/s) (00:00:41)

[06:43:55] 451 Transfer aborted. Broken pipe

some one help please?

Your server closes the connection while a transfer is in progress and you can do nothing from the client site, talk to your server admin to find out what is wrong with the server.


Your server closes the connection while a transfer is in progress and you can do nothing from the client site, talk to your server admin to find out what is wrong with the server.


thank you Mike!

The user reported his problem has been fixed by changing the data transfer method from passive mode to active mode.
-Mat