KB 433

Setting up FileZilla to transfer files via SFTP

Article:433
Created:2006-04-10 13:44:08
Categories:
  Windows 98
  Internet Starter Kit
  Windows 2000
  Windows XP
  SWCP Tools

Question or Symptom

How does one configure FileZilla to connect to ftp.swcp.com , and once connected, how does one transfer files?

Resolution

INSTALLATION

FileZilla is a GUI-based (Graphical User Interface) File Transfer application that is very easy to use. The installation file for this application is available either from the SWCP Start-UP CD or online at: http://sourceforge.net/projects/filezilla

Once the file is downloaded, it should be installed, simply by double-clicking the installation icon and accepting most of the defaults. The one place where one would want to change from the default is on the General Settings screen, you will be asked "Run FileZilla in secure mode?" The default is "Do not use secure mode" and you should switch this to "Use secure mode".

Follow the rest of the defaults and the program will finish its installation and be ready to use immediately, no reboot required.

CONFIGURATION

To use the application, Click "Start" "Programs" or "All Programs" depending on which version of the Windows operating system you're using. That menu should contain an entry for "FileZilla". Click that, and from the subsequent menu, choose "FileZilla".

This will open the application. Click on "File", then click on "Site Manager". From the window that pops up, click on the "New Site" button at the bottom of the window. Several fields will become active on the right side of the window. Where it asks for "Host", type in ftp.swcp.com, and change the "Port" number from 21 to 22. Click on the dropdown menu next to the box named "Servertype" and currently reads "FTP".

From the list that appears, select "SFTP using SSH2". Change the "Logontype" from Anonymous to Normal, then enter your username in the "user" box. Click on "Save and exit" and the dialog box will close. You can then connect by clicking on "File", "Site Manager", the "ftp.swcp.com" entry in the "My FTP Sites" list, and then click on "Connect".

USAGE

File transfer is a snap. Using the windows below the toolbar where you just logged in, you can navigate through the Windows file system on your local machine in exactly the same fashion as using Window's built-in Windows Explorer. For uploading files to your account on our FTP server, locate the files in the window on the left (labelled "Local Site"), and locate the destination directory on our FTP server in the Window on the right (labelled "Remote Site"), for example, website files will be stored in the folder "public_html" on our server. Then simply drag-and-drop the files you need to move. Downloading files from our server is thesame process in reverse. In the window on the right locate the files you need to download, on the left, locate where you want to store them on your local computer, and drag-and-drop them to the destination folder.

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