Why Can't I downlaod ftp sites?

Sandals

Hi,
Im Well,
Whenever I try to download from an ftp site eg. ftp://ftp.esat.net/mirrors/ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/i386/10.0/iso/SUSE-10.0-EvalDVD-i386-GM.iso
I just get a big blank page, nothing happens, it's the same with Firefox and explorer any ideas?

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are you doing this from home or from the office etc.?

Assuming you're using windows, try:
Run ftp (enter ftp as the program name)
ftp> open ftp.esat.net
(use "anonymous" as user & password).

What happens?

Random

It's working for me in Firefox 1.5.0.1. Try using an FTP program.

Inspector Gadget

If you're downloading something that big by FTP, the you might as well use something that supports the FTP's resume feature - as far as I can see, neither IE or Mozilla/Firefox do. What if you get through 90% of the DVD only for the thing to stall, and you have to redo it from the start? :eek:

(Assuming you're using Windows, since you mention Explorer) Try SmartFTP or something like that instead?
Gadget

Capt'n Midnight

If you use firefox have a look at FireFtp - its great for ftp:// sites (don't think it does http:// ones yet)

also look at FileZilla

winhttrack is great for pulling down entire http sites and links

netleach I like for downloading large files