Works fine now !!! options/prefs/connection in list method i tried custom list -T (fail) -A (fail) -AL(fail) then reverted back to default list method. connected with no probs !! works fine now, weird 
Code:
WinSock 2.0 -- OpenSSL 0.9.8g 19 Oct 2007
[R] Connecting to ps3 -> IP=192.168.2.6 PORT=21
[R] Connected to ps3
[R] 220-PS3 FTP Server v1.0.6
[R] 220 Copyleft (c) 2011 multiMAN (login as anonymous)
[R] USER anonymous
[R] 230 USER OK
[R] SYST
[R] 215 UNIX Type: L8 Version: scee_ps3_ftpd-1.0.6
[R] FEAT
[R] 502 Unimplemented or invalid command
[R] REST 100
[R] 350 REST 100 OK
[R] REST 0
[R] 350 REST OK
[R] PWD
[R] 257 Current working directory is "/"
[R] TYPE A
[R] 200 TYPE OK
[R] Listening on PORT: 55981, Waiting for connection.
[R] PORT 192,168,2,5,218,173
[R] 200 PORT set to 192.168.2.5:55981
[R] LIST
[R] 150 Using existing connection - ready to start listing
[R] 226 Listing complete
[R] List Complete: 378 bytes in 0.25 seconds (1.5 KB/s)