Chapter 24 Maintenance

24.8.3 GUI-based FTP Clients

The following table describes some of the commands that you may see in GUI-based FTP clients.

Table 61 General Commands for GUI-based FTP Clients

COMMAND

DESCRIPTION

Host Address

Enter the address of the host server.

 

 

Login Type

Anonymous.

 

This is when a user I.D. and password is automatically supplied to the

 

server for anonymous access. Anonymous logins will work only if your

 

ISP or service administrator has enabled this option.

 

Normal.

 

The server requires a unique User ID and Password to login.

 

 

Transfer Type

Transfer files in either ASCII (plain text format) or in binary mode.

 

Configuration and firmware files should be transferred in binary mode.

 

 

Initial Remote Directory

Specify the default remote directory (path).

 

 

Initial Local Directory

Specify the default local directory (path).

 

 

24.8.4 FTP Restrictions

FTP will not work when:

FTP service is disabled in the Access Control screen.

The IP address(es) in the Secured Client Set in the Remote Management screen does not match the client IP address. If it does not match, the switch will disconnect the Telnet session immediately

 

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