IIS, FTP and mydomain.com

Relationship between the domain name and ftp

[The Cricketer]

I am running IIS5 and want to utilise the ftp part of my web server. Let's say that I have a domain name pointing to my web server. With a bit of tinkering, if I typed in www.mydomain.com it would open up the index.htm file on the website. Is it as simple as typing ftp.mydomain.com to access the ftp part of the server? If not, what is the relationship between the ftp domain name (ftp.mydomain.com) and the ftp part of the web server?

Hope someone can assist.

[bakedjake]

Is it as simple as typing ftp.mydomain.com to access the ftp part of the server?

Assuming you have an FTP server running, yes. All modern browsers support at least download and directory navagation ftp transactions through the browser. If the server isn't configured for anonymous access, you'll need to enter a username and password, much like you would for a protected web area.

Some browsers support upload, some do not. If you want to upload, or take advantage of some of the more advanced features of FTP, you'll need an FTP client. Google for that; there are many free and low-cost ones available.

[The Cricketer]

ok bakedjake, that's all i needed, thanks.

[plumsauce]

just adding:

you will need a dns entry for the ip address of
the ftp server.

if the ip is the same as the web server, which
is likely, then you can just as well use www.mydomain.com
as the target for the client.

as a matter of fact, you can embed ftp links in
a web page as:

ftp://www.example.com