Connect to FTP server from Windows OS

after multiple hours and attempt spent to connect to ftp server via Windows CLI (command line interface), I’ve come to realize that Windows command-line FTP excludes using passive mode altogether.

 

this ends up you being able to login and change directory, but cannot execute commands such as ls, dir put or get.

 

what’s ftp server good for if we can’t upload or download..? well… nothing much except to go back and use FTP via Windows Explorer!

 

here’s how to connect to FTP server via Windows Explorer

 

1) open Windows Explorer

 

2) click on the address bar

 

3) type “ftp://  followed by the ftp site address whether it be IP address, or domain name

4) press enter

 

5) enter the credentials when asked, you have option to be anonymous user, and save your password

6) logon

 

now you’ll be able to see the contents on the ftp server!