FTP troubles

[JeffPr]

I have this simplistic view of FTP in DOS and how it should work, but I think its wrong. My friend and I both have computers with IP addresses and all I want to do is go to the DOS prompt and type ftp and then open and my friends IP address. Then I want to be able to look at his hard drive and get the files I want and then close the connection. Do I need to connect to a server or something in order to relay our connections or is his computer automatically listening on port 21 (or whatever port) and a little message should come up asking if he wants to accept the connection? Any help is appreciated.

Do you think your friend could feed my cat? Heisenberg wasn't sure. ~ Erwin Schrodinger talking of his revolutionary paradox

 

[FaiTHLeSS]

You will need to setup an FTP server on the machine you want to connect to. FTP in the command window is just a simple FTP client that comes with windows and nothing more.

 

[JeffPr]

Thanks for the info. Can you tell me how I can do this and what software I would need to do this. Thanks.

Do you think your friend could feed my cat? Heisenberg wasn't sure. ~ Erwin Schrodinger talking of his revolutionary paradox

 

[FaiTHLeSS]

Heres a list of sites that have FTP servers that you can download trial versions.

http://www.cuteftp.com

http://www.serv-u.com

http://www.bpftpserver.com/

There are most likely quite a few more just search on google for others