public function connect($host = '127.0.0.1', $port = 21)
	{
		$errno = null;
		$err   = null;

		// If already connected, return
		if (\is_resource($this->conn))
		{
			return true;
		}

		// If native FTP support is enabled let's use it...
		if (FTP_NATIVE)
		{
			$this->conn = @ftp_connect($host, $port, $this->timeout);

			if ($this->conn === false)
			{
				throw new FilesystemException(sprintf('%1$s: Could not connect to host " %2$s " on port " %3$s "', __METHOD__, $host, $port));
			}

			// Set the timeout for this connection
			ftp_set_option($this->conn, FTP_TIMEOUT_SEC, $this->timeout);

			return true;
		}

		// Connect to the FTP server.
		$this->conn = @ fsockopen($host, $port, $errno, $err, $this->timeout);

		if (!$this->conn)
		{
			throw new FilesystemException(
				sprintf(
					'%1$s: Could not connect to host " %2$s " on port " %3$s ". Socket error number: %4$s and error message: %5$s',
					__METHOD__,
					$host,
					$port,
					$errno,
					$err
				)
			);
		}

		// Set the timeout for this connection
		socket_set_timeout($this->conn, $this->timeout, 0);

		// Check for welcome response code
		if (!$this->_verifyResponse(220))
		{
			throw new FilesystemException(sprintf('%1$s: Bad response. Server response: %2$s [Expected: 220]', __METHOD__, $this->response));
		}

		return true;
	}