ftp problems

[bookie32]

Hi again, please don't shoot me down at the first sentence because I am getting old before my time here

I have recently gone over to Vista from XP for my girlfriend and because we wanted a media center.

I like linux but find it a bit daunting with media centers via linux at the mo.

I have been able to establish file transfers via samba between my linux computers and Vista. That part works ok - but (there always is a but ) I can't get access to them via ftp protocol.

I know one can do it via Vista - and have tried that I have always been able to connect to them with xp via winscp without problem. Am I missing something in setup...Vista is still new to me and the setup of network doesn't seem to be as straight forward as xp.

I have a broadband isp and that goes directly to their router because of telephone on same system. From the broadband router >firewall>Home network. The home network is dividd up into static ip addresses. I can get to my friend in Canada via ftp, so it is an internal problem. The reason for using ftp seems a little faster than samba.

Can anyone shed some light on this for me? I might be missing something simple which escapes me at the mo

Please feel free to comment, but take it easy on an old timer (haven't got much hair left).

bookie32