Question

During the weekend, Alice often needs to access files stored on her office desktop from her home laptop. Last week, she installed a copy of the FTP server process on her desktop at her office and a copy of the FTP client process on her laptop at home. She was disappointed when she could not access her files during the weekend. What could have gone wrong?

Answer 1

Answer:

Depending on the error message which Alice get but what could have gone wrong is perhaps firewall issue.

Explanation:

There are lots of probable reason why Alice could not access her files during the weekend but below are some common reasons:

Firewall issue: Maybe Alice has her firewall turned on unknowingly as it is known that firewall do block such types of connection except it is explicitly allowed from the firewall settings.  Another issue might be that, Alice ISP uses firewall.

FTP programs Setting: Perhaps there is a settings which Alice has not activated in the FTP program that she is using.