---
title: "Resolve FTP EAI_NODATA error"
description: "In this article I'm going to review why you might be encountering an EAI_NODATA - No address associated with nodename error in your FTP client. Sometimes an EAI_NODATA error is also related to..."
url: https://www.inmotionhosting.com/support/website/ftp/resolve-ftp-eainodata-error/
date: 2013-02-04
modified: 2021-08-16
author: "InMotion Hosting Contributor"
categories: ["FTP", "Website Error Numbers"]
type: post
lang: en
---

# Resolve FTP EAI_NODATA error

In this article I’m going to review why you might be encountering an **EAI_NODATA – No address associated with nodename** error in your FTP client. Sometimes an **EAI_NODATA** error is also related to either a **EHOSTUNREACH** error, or an **ECONNABORTED** error as well.

These are common FTP errors that occur when your domain name is not registered and pointing to a web server. Also sometimes if you just recently changed where your domain name is hosted at, your FTP client can cache private data settings from the old connection. This could prevent you from connecting to the correct server.

When DNS changes are made to your domain name, this changes the physical server your domain’s website files are hosted on. These changes can take up to 24 hours to fully propagate, and especially after [updating your domain’s name servers](/support/domain-names/changing-your-domains-nameservers/) you might get the **EAI_NODATA** error within your FTP program

## Fixing EAI_NODATA error

The steps below should be able to resolve the **EAI_NODATA – No address associated with nodename** error from happening. There are two methods in which you can utilize to try to prevent this error from happening to you.

1. The easiest method would simply be to [find your server name in cPanel](/support/), then in the **hostname** field of your FTP client, use that server name. This would ensure that your FTP client is directly connecting to our web server that hosts your website, and it wouldn’t have to rely on any recent changes to your domain name’s DNS setting. If your server was **biz104** for instance, you would want to use the hostname **biz104.inmotionhosting.com** to be able to connect.
2. To try to resolve the **EAI_NODATA** error and keep using your domain name, you’d want to clear out the private data associated with that connection in your FTP client. In this example we’re going to be using [FileZilla](/support/website/ftp/configuring-your-site-in-filezilla/).
   - In FileZilla’s menu click on **Edit** then select **Clear private data…**
   - Ensure that **Clear quickconnect history** and **Clear reconnect information** and selected then click on **OK**.
   - If you get a **Reconnect information cannot be cleared while connected to a server.** pop-up, go ahead and click on **OK** to re-connect your FTP session to try again.

Hopefully this fixes any common FTP errors like **EAI_NODATA**, **EHOSTUNREACH**, or **ECONNABORTED**. If for some reason you’re still having issues you should still be able to [upload a file using File Manager in cPanel](/support/edu/cpanel/how-to-upload-a-file-using-file-manager-in-cpanel/) as well.