Download file from ftp server

Question

Can I download files from an ftp server by simply using the ip address or https:// url?    I've only gotten this to work by using the "ftp//:" address in previous projects and I'm not getting this to work in many different attempts. 
Here is one...
 # FTP Config
$FTPHost =
"10.10.10.5"
$Username =
"admin"
$Password =
"12345678"
$FTPFile =
"test.log"
# FTP Log File Url
$FTPFileUrl =
"ftp://" +
$FTPHost +
"/" +
$FTPFile
# Create FTP Connection
$FTPRequest =
[System.Net.FtpWebRequest]::Create("$FTPFileUrl")
$FTPRequest.Credentials
= New-Object System.Net.NetworkCredential($Username,
$Password)
$FTPRequest.Method =
[System.Net.WebRequestMethods+Ftp]::DownloadFile
$FTPRequest.UsePassive
= $false
$FTPRequest.UseBinary
= $true
$FTPRequest.KeepAlive
= $false
# Get FTP File
$FTPResponse =
$FTPRequest.GetResponse()
$ResponseStream =
$FTPResponse.GetResponseStream()
$FTPReader =
New-Object System.IO.Streamreader
-ArgumentList $ResponseStream
do
Write-Host
$FTPReader.ReadLine()
while ($FTPReader.ReadLine()
-ne $null)
$FTPReader.Close()
# Create FTP Connection
$FTPRequest =
[System.Net.FtpWebRequest]::Create("$FTPFileUrl")
$FTPRequest.Credentials
= New-Object System.Net.NetworkCredential($Username,
$Password)
$FTPRequest.Method =
[System.Net.WebRequestMethods+Ftp]::DownloadFile
$FTPRequest.UsePassive
= $false
$FTPRequest.UseBinary
= $true
$FTPRequest.KeepAlive
= $false
# Get FTP File
$FTPResponse =
$FTPRequest.GetResponse()
$ResponseStream =
$FTPResponse.GetResponseStream()
$FTPReader =
New-Object System.IO.Streamreader
-ArgumentList $ResponseStream
do
Write-Host
$FTPReader.ReadLine()
while ($FTPReader.ReadLine()
-ne $null)
$FTPReader.Close()

Answer 1

Hi!
You don't need to specifically use an IP address. E.g can use
$FTPHost = "myrandomserver.mycompany.com"
$Username = "admin"
$Password = "12345678"
$FTPFile = "test.log"
# FTP Log File Url
$FTPFileUrl = "ftp://" + $FTPHost + "/" + $FTPFile