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4.4. Using FTP at The School of Business
Using File Transport Protocol (FTP) at the School of Business
FTP is a convenient, more secure way to transfer files between Servers and PCs. There are several methods and interfaces that can make FTP nearly effortless.
FireFox (preferred)
Go to https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/fireftp/and install FireFTP (subsequent use of FireFTP will not require the add-on to be reinstalled each time)
Restart Firefox when prompted after the FireFTP add-on is installed
Click on Tools and scroll to and select FireFTP
Click Browse and locate the local directory that contain the files to transfer or where you would like to store the files you are downloading
Click on Create an account... scroll to and select QuickConnect... if this is a one-time connection (see QuickConnect). If the connection will be used again in the future select Create an account... to store the settings (see Creating an Account)
QuickConnect
Enter the URL that was provided by the administrator on the Host: field
Include the prefix ftp:// E.G ftp://cidris.com or the appropriate IP address for example: ftp://123.123.123.123
Enter the Login username and Password provided by the system administrator
Click Connect
Creating an Account
The process is essentially the same for creating an account
Enter an identifier in Account Name
Enter the Host name, include the ftp:// prefix
Enter the Login username and password provided by the system administrator
Click OK to store the settings and connect to the FTP server
Highlight the appropriate file(s) to move and use the arrow buttons to get / download (remote server to local) or put / upload the (local to remote server) file to the appropriate location. Results will be posted in the status pane below the files.
Note: Ctrl+Mouse Click can be used to select multiple concurrent and non-concurrent files. Select the first file then Shift+Mouse Click the last file desired to select a concurrent range.
Internet Explorer (not recommended)
IE has limited FTP functionality built into the web browser
Open Internet Explorer
Click in the URL Field and enter the prefix ftp:// and the server name or prefix ftp:// followed by IP
E.G. ftp://cidris.com or ftp://123.123.123.123
Press the Enter key and you will be presented with an IE authentication window
Enter the username and password supplied by the system administrator
Click on a file to download it or drag a file into the window to upload it
Chrome (not recommended)
Chrome has limited FTP functionality like IE
Click in the URL Field and enter the prefix ftp:// and the server name or prefix ftp:// followed by IP
E.G. ftp://cidris.com or ftp://123.123.123.123
Press the Enter key and you will be presented with a Chrome authentication window
Enter the username and password supplied by the system administrator
Click on the file to download it or drag a file into the window to upload it.
Please note: If you are working on a website it is recommended that you use the Firefox (Preferred) method or an FTP client such as FileZilla both tools handle multiple file queuing more reliably, and are more compatible with various FTP severs.
For information about FileZilla please see this reference http://filezilla-project.org/.