FTP: Connection (Optional) |
To set further options such as Firewalls: | |||
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Website (URL) | Optional | |
This is your complete website address. Most service providers allow you direct access to your website for file transfers, but some provide an FTP address that works in the same way, in which case your full website address will be needed. |
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Example: http://www.mywebsite.com |
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Remote folder | Optional | |
Typically you can't transfer files to the root of your website. Instead your website is held within a folder, which you can enter here. | |||
Example: www/private |
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Account | Optional | |
This is your account name. Most servers don't require an account name. | |||
Example: ftpaccount |
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Port | Optional | |
This is the port, or channel, that is used to send and receive FTP commands. The default value is 21. If you have a Firewall in place then the firewall may be using port 21 in which case the administrator will have allocated a different port number for the FTP commands. | |||
Example: 21 |
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Firewall Type | Optional | |
We support four types of firewall: SOCKS4, SOCKS5, Proxy Server and Simple Pipe. SOCKS4 is a way of communicating with the host that does not require any level of security. SOCKS5 is the same except it does require security in the form of a password. A Proxy Server is software that acts as a gateway between you and the internet. Rather than having direct access to the internet (like you do when you dial in using a modem), the Proxy Server connects for you. This gives an additional level of security and protection. |
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Example: Proxy server |
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Firewall host | Optional | |
This is the address of the firewall on the network. You must connect to the firewall, and then the firewall allows you through and onto the internet (if you pass the security). | |||
Examples: popfirewall.localnetwork.com 128.0.44.255 |
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Firewall User ID | Optional | |
If you have a Firewall then you need to identify yourself in order to pass through it. The Firewall username may be the name that you use when you log Windows onto the local network, or the same name that you use to access your FTP host, or it may be a totally different name purely for the firewall. This is not required for SOCKS4. | |||
Examples: jennifercox jencox69 jennifercoxfirewall |
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Firewall Password | Optional | |
If you have a Firewall then you will have a password that matches your Firewall Username that proves to the FTP Firewall that you are authorised to pass through it. This is not required for SOCKS4. | |||
Example: centralperk |
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Firewall Port | Optional | |
If you have a Firewall then it will have it's own port. For a Proxy Server this is usually the same port number as the FTP Port (21), for SOCKS4 and SOCKS5 it is usually 1080. | |||
Example: 21 |
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Socket library | Optional | |
This is the file that Windows uses to send FTP commands. You shouldn't need to change it from the default which is WSOCK32.DLL | |||
Example: WSOCK32.DLL |
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Tech Terms FTP means File Transfer Protocol. A Proxy Server is software that accesses the internet on your behalf, barring you from direct access. |