>>>A customer sends me an email saying that "you can pick up this file using IP: 128.1.0.8 User Name: SomeName Password: Secret".
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>>>How do you connect to their FTP using the above IP? TIA.
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>>Dmitry,
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>>I think by entering ftp://SomeName:Secret@128.1.0.8/ in the address bar of your browser
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>Thank you for your suggestion, Gregory. But it didn't work.

Sorry,

I do use (and it is working) - sample format - fttp://SomeName:Secret@ftp.SomePlace.com

Maybe ftp://SomeName:Secret@ftp.128.1.0.8/