Connecting to FTP's using FlashFXP.

Lets say you found this link:

IP: www.xxx.yyy.zzz
Port: ppppp
Username: aaa
Password: bbb
No passive Mode
Hammer settings: Block IP for 12 hrs. If 2 connections in 61 sec.

or

ftp://aaa:bbb@www.xxx.yyy.zzz :ppppp/


Lets go over what is above:

The IP Can be a set of numbers or a address.
Like 111.222.333.444 or ftptest.myftp.org ect.
The FTP Client will translate the address to the needed numbers.

The Port number can be almost any value.
The defualt vaule is 21.

But do not use: (This a short list of ports. There are more.)
7(Echo)
23(TELNET)
25(SMTP)
53(DNS)
79(Finger)
80(HTTP)
110(POP3)
113(Ident)
119(NNTP)
139(NetBios)
143(IMAP)
161(SNMP)
162(SNMP Trap)
443(HTTPS)

Somtimes the links will show as www.xxx.yyy.zzz :ppppp
The ppppp after the colon will be the port number.

The username & password can be almost any combo of letters/numbers.

Passive Mode:
Almost all ftp servers support passive mode. If not the ftp owner should post not to use Passive mode. If you timeout while connecting to a ftp disable passive mode then try again.

Hammer settings:
This is up to the ftp owner The norm is NO MORE THEN 1 CONNECTION IN 61 SECONDS.

Now lets setup this up.

Open FlashFXP

On the command bar open FTP.
Set Transfer mode to: AUTO
Set on Transfer complete to: Disconnect Site(s)

Press the F4 Key. This will open up the Site Manager window.
Click on the new site button. This will open a new window called Create new site.
In the white box type in a name then click ok.

On the General tab:
Enter the IP Address in the IP Address box. (www.xxx.yyy.zzz)
Enter the Port# in the Port box (ppppp)
Enter the Username in the User Name box (aaa)
Enter the Password in the Password box. (bbb)
Uncheck Anonymous.

On the Options tab:
This is how u set passive mode or not.

On the Advanced tab:
Enter the retry count you want in the Retry Count box. (5)
Enter the retry delay you want in the Retry Delay box. (61+)
Set @ 61 seconds or more.

Now click Apply. This will save all the info for this site.
Now is a good time to dbl check all settings.

Before u connect. In the left window set where you want the dl to first.
Now connect.

[ August 02, 2001 06:19 PM: Last edited by VP CSCDI ]

Nice post man... great for the newbies.

Another great thing about FlashFXP is the ability to do server to server transfers...

That can be done by simply clicking on the last icon on the right... the one that looks like a little blue computer screen. That will switch back and forth from the Local Browser View... from there all you need to do is connect to both servers as you would normally do and transfer the files from one to the other... this can be really good if you want to send somthing to a freind from a fast server... and still keep the site from leaking out to everybody.

Please be cautious when doing this... I'm sure not everybody likes this to be done on their server and some people block it or don't support it.

[ August 05, 2001 12:57 AM: Last edited by DopeWeasel ]