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<blockquote data-quote="Dysfunction" data-source="post: 651436" data-attributes="member: 51052"><p>FTP simply transfers files. What your server is is usually determined by what information you're looking to download. So you'd have to know what server you're looking to connect to. That is, if you're looking to download a ubuntu distribution you'd be wanting to connect to ftp.ubuntu.com or a mirror (third party duplicate server). </p><p></p><p>Now, why you're unable to connect to a webserver? Pretty simple. It's a different protocol. HTTP is not FTP, it operates on different ports and the protocols are completely different.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Dysfunction, post: 651436, member: 51052"] FTP simply transfers files. What your server is is usually determined by what information you're looking to download. So you'd have to know what server you're looking to connect to. That is, if you're looking to download a ubuntu distribution you'd be wanting to connect to ftp.ubuntu.com or a mirror (third party duplicate server). Now, why you're unable to connect to a webserver? Pretty simple. It's a different protocol. HTTP is not FTP, it operates on different ports and the protocols are completely different. [/QUOTE]
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