Jay,
See
http://slacksite.com/other/ftp.html for the basic requirements. Depends on how the firewall is configured. On the client, try an Active connect. If it doesn't work, try Passive mode. If that doesn't work, fix the firewall ;-)
>W2k Professional
>
>I try to access
ftp://ftp.microsoft.com/ but it times out. I'm fairly certain that it is because FTP access is blocked where I am.
>
>What settings - registry, browser, etc. - are used to block/unblock FTP access?