29th October 2001

Once upon a time, there was a Gnomie named George who was having problems with accessing FTP sites through Internet Explorer. George was getting very upset. Once George stopped talking about himself in the third person, he turned to friends, family members, and clerics for help. "Shortly after installing IE6, I was having trouble opening some FTP sites that my friends were not having problems with. One of them was able to come up with a solution. In Internet Explorer 6.0, I needed to place a checkmark in the box next to "Use Passive FTP (for firewall and DSL modem compatibility). This option can be found under Tools | Internet Options | Advanced | Browsing. This was due to the fact that I was using a router and Zone Alarm for my cable modem with Windows XP." George was free to return to his home, safe in the knowledge that he, too, could finally gain access to those remote locations. If you would like to get ahold of George to thank him for bringing this tip to light, he can be found in the phone book under the pseudonym: 'Art Vandelay.'