Hi Delerium69, thank you for your patience and help.
Well I have managed to get it to work, in a fashion. I can transfer files, it will say transfer complete but the aborts the transfer and logs out after each file, then log back into each ftp, it then skips the file it just transfered as its still in the que and moves onto the next file. this is still a pain if the ftps are really busy as it then takes ages to get back in.
I am sure it had something to do with what you suggested
I dont have an option for port timeout in my router and DLINK arent what you would call very good with support as I have asked them before and they didnt really have a clue. I have also checked for a firmware update but I already have the latest version.
I will play around with it again today and try to post the log hereif anyone is interested.
Thanks again for trying to help me with this problem
grandad