Strange FTP problem in Internet Explorer

internet explorer, firefox, chrome, ftp, ie

[TechMan]

Hi,

I am connecting to a FTP server using IE8. It connects fine but when I clicks on "httpdocs" folder to view its contents, the connection times out.
It works fine in Firefox and Chrome and this thing is only happening in IE (all versions 6, 7 ,8) that I cannot go inside "httpdocs" folder. Plus it also doesn't work when I use some FTP client like CuteFTP e.t.c.
The server is Windows 2003 running IIS.

What could be the problem?

[bill]

As you've learned, browsers don't make good FTP clients. An FTP client will let you adjust the connection type.

Are you running through a proxy of any sort?

[TechMan]

Ok problem is solved. It has something to do with Passive mode so I changed it to PORT mode and now it works fine in CuteFTP.