Why am I getting an error Unable to access FTP site in IBM i-Series?

Overview

I am unable to access the FTP website, I am getting an error message when I try to do so.

Environment

Avalara Avatax

IBM i-Series SDK

Resolution

• Try to ping  ftp.taxrates.com 
  from your  IBMi command line .... if you cannot then you have a firewall or 
  DNS problem which you will need to fix yourself.
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