FTP Help please

[MacGyver]

Ok, Lets say I want to access an FTP with Internet explorer and not use a client like Cute FTP for example..then in the browser what do I type?

ftp://123.456.789.1236:21/

I was just making up this IP adress 123.456.789.123 port 21

anyway should this work? because when I try it I am entering my username and password (which works fine with Cute FTP) for some reason it dosent work..is there a better way to do it?

Not that it matters the reason Im trying to do this is so that I can Instant message links to other people who dont have ftp programs like cute ftp sp they can download froma friends FTP.

Any help appreciated.

[cpugeniusmv]

yes, the way you formatted it is correct....but here's an even further elaboration...

ftp://user:[email protected]

you don't even have to type the port if it's 21 (default)

when using IE, make sure that the server accepts multiple connections from the same IP...IE is notorious for using more than one.

[isus]

Originally posted by cpugeniusmv
yes, the way you formatted it is correct....but here's an even further elaboration...

ftp://user:[email protected]

you don't even have to type the port if it's 21 (default)

when using IE, make sure that the server accepts multiple connections from the same IP...IE is notorious for using more than one.

yea, by default, i think ie opens 4 simultaneous connections.

[MacGyver]

how can you make IE open up only 1 connection?

[MacGyver]

Ok, I got it to work in IE....(you were right it does try to open multiple connections) But how do I upload to the ftp from IE? The directories in the FTP just look like HTM pages with links in the IE window..I tried creating a new text document and dragging it into the IE window, but obviously that didnt work.

Is there any easy way to do it with DOS? I am framiliar with it.

[napho]

tools/options/advanced Make it folder view. Then you can drag things from your desktop to the folder as an example.