Use the Web browser to connect to the FTP Server

There are many ways to connect to an FTP server and access the contents in it. However, the easiest way is to use Internet Explorer. The FTP connection method through Internet Explorer is used in cases where you only want to load or view files stored on the Public FTP server (with incognito mode).

In case if you want to transfer (download, upload or edit) files between your computer and FTP server security, follow the steps below:

• Use FTP Client (such as FileZilla Client, or WinSCP or FireFTP for Firefox) to connect to FTP Server.
• Add FTP Network Location to Windows Explorer.
• Map / assign drive letter to FTP folder Shared on Windows Explorer for easy access.

Also you can read more How to set up and manage FTP Server on Windows 10 here.

How to access FTP Server using Internet Explorer?

Before connecting to an FTP Server, you need to know the hostname (or URL or IP address) and security information (if necessary) to access the Shared FTP content. To access the FTP server using a web browser (Internet Explorer, Firefox, Chrome, ...), follow these steps: Open Internet browser , then on the address bar you enter the FTP Server's hostname (or IP address) and FTP port number (if the FTP server uses another port, not the default port 21 for the FTP connection) and then press Enter For example, if the FTP server's hostname is " ftp.example.com "and the port number of the FTP connection is the default port number (21), you enter in the address bar:

ftp://ftp.example.com

Hostname of FTP Server is " ftp.example.com "and the port number of the FTP connection is" 54557 ", you enter in the address bar: ftp://ftp.example.com:54557

If the server does not allow anonymous access, then you will be asked to enter the information (user name and password) to view the contents.

• How to connect to an FTP Server from Windows Explorer?

• Instructions for enabling TFTP and Telnet Client on Windows 10

• Use IIS to set up FTP Server on Windows

Good luck!