Accessing ftp server from Linux

STEP 1 Connect to server
prayag@Prayag:~$ ftp
ftp> open
(to) 202.166.195.70
Connected to 202.166.195.70.
220-Welcome to Islington Uni File Server
220-Created by Islington IT Team    
220---------------!!!!!!!WARNING!!!!!!! -------------------
220-*******UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS TO THIS SYSTEM IS
220 STRICTLY PROHIBITED*******
Name (202.166.195.70:prayag): s*****t
331 User s*****t, password please
Password:
230 Password Ok, User logged in
Remote system type is UNIX.
Using binary mode to transfer files.

GUI tool for ftp connection where one just need to feed host, username, password and port, may look like the following one.

STEP 2 Check status
ftp> status
Connected to 202.166.195.70.
No proxy connection.
Connecting using address family: any.
Mode: stream; Type: binary; Form: non-print; Structure: file
Verbose: on; Bell: off; Prompting: on; Globbing: on
Store unique: off; Receive unique: off
Case: off; CR stripping: on
Quote control characters: on
Ntrans: off
Nmap: off
Hash mark printing: off; Use of PORT cmds: on
Tick counter printing: off

STEP 3 show files
ftp> ls 
200 Port command received
150 Opening data connection
drw-rw-rw-   1 user     group           0 Dec 16 03:58 MSC_COMPUTER NETWORKING & IT SECURITY
drw-rw-rw-   1 user     group           0 Dec 27 07:23 MSC_COMPUTING
drw-rw-rw-   1 user     group           0 Nov 05 03:26 MSC_MULTIMEDIA TECHNOLOGIES
drw-rw-rw-   1 user     group           0 Dec 18 04:07 EXTENDED PROGRAMME
drw-rw-rw-   1 user     group           0 Nov 01 03:18 SOFTWARES
drw-rw-rw-   1 user     group           0 Nov 04  2011 TimeTable-LondonMetSepSem
drw-rw-rw-   1 user     group           0 Nov 18 05:23 MBA EXTENDED PROGRAMME
drw-rw-rw-   1 user     group           0 Aug 29 06:16 FIRST_YEAR_INDUSTRIAL_PROJECT
226 Transfer complete

STEP 4 Download a directory
ftp> cd MSC_COMPUTING
ftp> mget  *