XP ftp server and "FTP Folder Error" message

[zillah]

On my Desktop I have got 2 OSs XP and Win2003, I was trying to enable ftp server on both OSs.

I was trying to test XP for FTP server.

Client is my laptop (win2003).


When i was trying to do ftp from client laptop (2003) to server desktop (XP), first time i was able to see files on desktop, then after that I received these error message :


For the XP configuration, I compared my configuration with this as well

www.portlock.com/documents/ConfigWXPPro.pdf



On laptop's Firefox browser

The server at 192.168.164.163 is taking too long to respond.

* The site could be temporarily unavailable or too busy. Try again in a few

moments.


* If you are unable to load any pages, check your computer's network

connection.

* If your computer or network is protected by a firewall or proxy, make sure

that Firefox is permitted to access the Web.




On laptop's Internet Explorer browser :

http://img127.imageshack.us/img127/6977/ftpfoldererror5uc.jpg
http://img127.imageshack.us/img127/6977/ftpfoldererror5uc.jpg

[zillah]

http://www.pcstats.com/articleview.cfm?articleID=1491


By following the steps in the link above, I repeated the configuration just to be in the safe site, I received the same error.

By the way I have no firewall on both PCs.

I have got two NICs on XP Desktop, I have been told that may be existing two NICs affect the FTP connection (I am not sure), by the way one NIC is connected to LAN and the I unplegged cable from other