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| Thread ID: 21582 | 2002-06-29 03:30:00 | FTP program | R.M. (561) | Press F1 |
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| 58251 | 2002-06-29 03:30:00 | Is anyone able to 'hold me by the hand' and tell me what to put in the boxes when using the free ftp Brandyware Software FreeFtp.v3.2 programme? Using ftp is a new experience for me, and I am obviously getting it wrong - the status says 'unable to connect to remote host' Many thanks in anticipation :) |
R.M. (561) | ||
| 58252 | 2002-06-29 03:34:00 | If you are running a firewall, it has probably, by default, blocked the ports used by FTP. Look at its log file. | Graham L (2) | ||
| 58253 | 2002-06-29 03:43:00 | That was quick! But no, the firewall (free ZoneAlarm) is not blocking FreeFtp. | R.M. (561) | ||
| 58254 | 2002-06-29 03:55:00 | That was just a "general principles" answer (guess) --- I don't know that package. Next general principles guess: Can you ping the site? If you can't ping it, FTP won't get it either. |
Graham L (2) | ||
| 58255 | 2002-06-29 04:08:00 | Um - what do you mean by that, and how do I do it? I think there was a long thread started by Susan B. recently on 'pinging', but I haven't read it. Should I? | R.M. (561) | ||
| 58256 | 2002-06-29 04:17:00 | I'm not a Windows person. :-) You will have as one of your network programmes one called ping. Have a look through the Network group. It wants the name or IP address of a site. It sends a message to it. The site (if it's there and working) sends one back. The time for the messages to fly is measured. That's its function. But it's handy to check whether a site exists or is running. It's simple. It doesn't do much. Browsers, and even FTP clients are big enough that a problem could be at either end. If you can ping, the site can be reached from your computer. Even if the site refuses pings, you will get a message like "... refused by ..." and that shows that the site is there. | Graham L (2) | ||
| 58257 | 2002-06-29 04:23:00 | In the "Enter FTP's URL Here" box enter the ftp address, eg. ftp.complex.is (this is an address for the F-Prot anti-virus ftp site). In the User ID box enter "anonymous" without the inverted commas. In the Password box enter your email address. The Port box will probably default to 21, leave it at that. Access type leave at Default. I think thats about it. When contact is made you will see the remote hosts directories appear in the upper pane. You can drag and drop files into your your lower pane. You probably know you cant willy-nilly upload files to an ftp site without permission? Before the magic of windows all the ftp commands had to be typed in using Unix commands. Good luck. |
Terry Porritt (14) | ||
| 58258 | 2002-06-29 05:34:00 | If you are in windows 98, to ping a site: Connect to internet Go Start, Programes, MS DOS Prompt (or similar) type: ping ftp.vectorstar.net (this is my ftp server, you just put in yours) If it pings succesfully you get: Reply from 210.48.100 etc etc (this is the pressf1 IP as my ftp is down) Brendon ;/ |
nzporscheboy (603) | ||
| 58259 | 2002-06-29 06:11:00 | Thankyou for your comments. I had better be more specific. I have a family website in Geocities - but it has the pesty adverts on it. Today I read in the July PC World that free webhosting is to be had through Orcon ISP. THe website works in Geocities, but the FTP bit is a whole new ball game for me, and obviously I am still getting it wrong. :( I am trying to use the Brandyware Software FTP FreeFTP v3. I am still not sure what to put in each of the options eg "Enter FTP's URL" here box. I tried using the address of my Orcon webpage, but that didn't work. |
R.M. (561) | ||
| 58260 | 2002-06-29 06:45:00 | Hmm.. I'm not an expert on this, but what I said previously was for anonymous login to an ftp site for downloading files. Presumably you need to enter the web sites FTP server IP or domain name, and your user ID and your password in order to get access and permission to 'get' and to 'put' files into the directory hosting your web site. I'm sure someone like Heather Pattison can spell out the detail for you. |
Terry Porritt (14) | ||
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