Finder locking up on Connect to Server

hey, sorry but I am new to this area of my Mac. Why would Finder lock up so quickly if I am trying to connect to a remote server? I conenct to my work's VPN and when I go to Go > Connect to Server and choose the smb path for our folder tree at work, it immediately locks up. Anyone got an idea why it may be happening? Or what I could do to resolve it?

This is how I am connecting.
ftp://[email protected]//[email protected]
When I do that, it works. But all the files are only read-only.
I am in talks with my server admin right now, he has some sgguestions. I will keep this post updated.

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