CuteFTP allows you to connect to a Web site to upload and download files between a server and your local computer. To transfer files, you must log on to that server through your FTP client computer. CuteFTP Connection Wizard helps you to define a site to which you want to connect and saves the information in the Site Manager for future connections.
|
|
The Internet Service Provider (ISP) or Web Hosting Provider to which you want to upload files provides you with the username, password, and FTP account information required to connect to their server. Many providers offer this information on their Web support pages. Refer to the GlobalSCAPE Knowledge Base articles at http://kb.globalscape.com/ for information about FTP connections to your AOL or Roadrunner accounts or search your provider's support pages for keyword ftp. |
To connect to an FTP site
Gather the information that you need to make a connection:
Host Address - the IP address or FTP domain address that your ISP gave you to log in to the FTP site (e.g., 64.243.64.21 or ftp.example.com).
User Name - the user name your ISP gave you to log in to the FTP site. Your username is often the part of your email address in front of the @ sign.
Password - the password your ISP gave you to log in to the FTP site. This is often the same password you use to download your email.
Do one of the following:
On the main menu, click File > Connection Wizard.
On the toolbar, click the Connection Wizard icon 
.
Press CTRL+J.
The CuteFTP Connection Wizard appears.
In the Host Address field, type the IP address or FTP domain address that your ISP gave you to log in to the FTP site.
The address that you typed in the Host Address field appears in the Site Name field. You can leave it as is, or type a descriptive name for this site. The site name will appear on the Site Manager tab.
Click Next. The login page appears
In the User Name box, type the user name your ISP gave you to log in to the FTP site.
In the Password box, type the password your ISP gave you to log in to the FTP site.
Specify a login method from the following options.
Normal - The user name and password are mandatory to connect to a site.
Anonymous - The site does not require any user name and password.
Double - The user name and password are required twice to connect to a site.
Click Next. The Connecting to Site message appears.
If you need to change the host address or do not want to log in, click Cancel.
If the connection fails, an error message appears. Click Yes to close the message, then click Back to verify/correct the host address, username, and password. (If the connection fails again, refer to Troubleshooting.)
After you are connected to the FTP site, the default folders page appears.
In the Default Local Folder field, click the folder icon 
to browse for the default folder from which you want to upload/download files to/from the server.
In the Default Remote Folder field, type the path of the remote folder from/to which you want to upload files.
Click Next. The Connection Completed page appears.
Click Finish. Cute FTP connects to the site and saves the site in the Site Manager.
For subsequent connections to this FTP site, refer to Connecting to a Site .
Refer to Configuring Connection Options for details of how to configure the number of simultaneous connections you will allow from CuteFTP, number of times CuteFTP tries to connect to a site before giving up, how long CuteFTP should wait before attempting a new connection after a failed connection, and so on.
