Preferences
Here you can set timeout values. You might want to tweak them if your connection is very slow, but the default settings are appropriate for most users.
Here Timeout Values are the length of time an application should wait for an answer from a network operation.
You can configure the following timeouts:
Socket Read 	 Sets how long to wait for a socket read operation.
Proxy Connect 	 Sets how long to wait for a connection to a proxy server, if one is configured.
Server Connect 	 Sets how long to wait for a connection to a remote server.
Server Response 	 Sets how long to wait for a reply from a remote server.
You can configure FTP Options here. At present there is just one option, Enable Passive Mode (PASV).
Passive is often required when you are behind a firewall. Many firewalls only permit connections that were initiated from the inside. Passive is controlled by the client, which makes it usable through firewalls.

Section Author
This section written by:
Lauri Watts lauri@kde.org