This isn't a hardware limitation if that's what you're asking. I'd suspect a
firewall issue or possibly an IE setting pertaining to passive ftp.
IE|Tools|Internet Options|Advanced

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"jsyndergaard" wrote:
>I am using xp pro on 3 laptops and I cannot get any of them to connect to a
> ftp site on the internet. There are 7 desktops that have no problem
> connecting, again they are all using xp pro. I don't know if this is a
> setting in the server or if it is something that I am missing on the
> laptops.
> Has anyone came across this issue?

On Fri, 15 Dec 2006 22:06:36 -0700, "Dave Patrick"
<DSPatrick@nospam.gmail.com> wrote:

> This isn't a hardware limitation if that's what you're asking. I'd suspect a
> firewall issue or possibly an IE setting pertaining to passive ftp.
> IE|Tools|Internet Options|Advanced

Do your laptops use WAN to connect to the Internet, while your desktops use
a wired LAN? If so, your wireless router may be set to block the FTP ports.

I have changed the settings in IE for passive ftp before to no avail. All the
computers connect through wired lan.

"Jay Somerset >" wrote:

> On Fri, 15 Dec 2006 22:06:36 -0700, "Dave Patrick"
> <DSPatrick@nospam.gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > This isn't a hardware limitation if that's what you're asking. I'd suspect a
> > firewall issue or possibly an IE setting pertaining to passive ftp.
> > IE|Tools|Internet Options|Advanced
>
> Do your laptops use WAN to connect to the Internet, while your desktops use
> a wired LAN? If so, your wireless router may be set to block the FTP ports.
>