"Use Passive FTP" Setting

[Mike Dwyer]

I have XP SP2 installed on my machine.
I couldn't view FTP sites from IE until I unchecked the "Use Passive
FTP" setting. What is this and why do I have to change it from the
default?

Thanks.

 

[Ron Bogart]

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I have XP SP2 installed on my machine.
I couldn't view FTP sites from IE until I unchecked the "Use Passive
FTP" setting. What is this and why do I have to change it from the
default?

Thanks.

This might be of interest to you. http://slacksite.com/other/ftp.html