Connecting to FTP server in Finder

Hi,
I'm trying to connect to my web hosting via ftp. Whenever I try though I get the message, "The user name or password you entered is not valid. Please try again".
I know the username and password is correct as I can access the server with 3 windows PC on the same network as my mac by using this combination.
I have turned of the firewall on my router and my mac, checked PASV is enabled and I still cannot connect.
I get essentially the same messages in Fetch and Cyberduck.
Can anyone help?
Thanks in advance,
Dave.

Off the top of my head I don't have a solution for you. However have you spoken to the webhosting company their ftp logs may be able to shed some light as to why you can't login from your mac.

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+The invoked JCA adapter raised a resource exception.+
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