FTP Server Won't Work On LAN

but the web server will.....

[noxbane]

I have XP PRO, with IIS 5.1. I want to run a ftp server just for the LAN (no internet access whatsoever). The computer with IIS on it is 192.168.2.2. I can type in [192.168.2.2...] and access the default web page just fine from any computer on the LAN. But when i try to go to ftp://192.168.2.2 , i get : "Windows Cannot access this folder. Make sure you typed the file name correctly and that you have permission to access the folder. Details: a connection with the server cannot be established."

Now I know the ftp server is set up. It shows up as "running" under IIS. If i try to FTP into it from a command prompt i can connect to it, although it asks for a password (which i find strange since i checked "allow only anonymous access".)

I didnt do anything to the firewall or router or anything else. And what exactly do you have to do to create the site itself. For testing, i just dragged a bunch of mp3s into the C:\Inetpub\ftproot folder? is that the proper way?

[tafkar]

Did you make sure that the file permissions for the ftp folder are set to at least read permission for everybody?

[noxbane]

yes IUSR_Machinename (and IWAM_MachineName) has the appropriate permissions. And for testing, i gave the Everyone group full permissions, but still nothing.

Since this is all local, does anything need to be configured at the router? This is a small LAN, btw, just 3 computers and a PS2. I wouldnt think anything would need to be set up since the webserver already works.

Oh and i just discovered that it works perfectly fine through the DOS-based ftp program. I just now logged in (with username anonymous) and retrieved a list of the files. but why won't the browswer part work?

[noxbane]

oh and another weird thing. There are several files in the ftp directory. I can see them when i log in through DOS. buuuuuuut, Nothing shows up when i'm looking at the directory through IIS. it just says "there are no items to show in this view."