Everything FTP

Though FTP is a straightforward facility to transfer files through the internet easily, without much fuss it is dependent on several factors that makes the process possible. First, you need a client software that can be installed for uploading and downloading, allowing your desktop to take on the same plane as the server that is handling the file distribution. The said “SERVER” may be a simple desktop too but is the so-called traffic light which tells clients, where the files are coming from and who the packets of data are for.
The server needs a server-side software that allows it to understand the file requests made by the clients and also allows them to understand each other, making the whole thing transparent. As said, the server can be a simple desktop that isn’t even running a GUI interface system but can be a bare bone system running software that allows everything to happen. Some systems like the much famed Pirate Bay even ran on mobile computers, allowing them to elude authorities who were after them all these years.

Though FTP is a straightforward facility to transfer files through the internet easily, without much fuss it is dependent on several factors that makes the process possible. First, you need a client software that can be installed for uploading and downloading, allowing your desktop to take on the same plane as the server that is handling the file distribution. The said “SERVER” may be a simple desktop too but is the so-called traffic light which tells clients, where the files are coming from and who the packets of data are for. Read the rest of this entry »

Everyone wants faster transfers. Here are a few pointers on the things that affect your FTP transfer speed:

1. Bandwidth
If you have other internet-based applications (like online games, P2P clients, Torrent) running while transferring, your bandwidth is naturally compromised, because you are sharing it with others, making for a slower transfer.

2. ISP
Some ISPs provide slower uploading speed compared to downloading speed, so you may want to clear this issue up with your ISP provider if this is indeed the case. Your ISP may also have a speed limit, which, of course also limits your FTP transfer speed.

3. Multiple connections to the same server.
If you have more than one connection open to the same server that hosts the FTP, then you transfer rate will also be slower. The same goes when people other than you are connected to the same server.

Uploading files via FTP seems to be a complicated process: you need to remember file server addresses, usernames, and passwords, etc. However, Softhing has created a new software that’ll make your FTP life easier and simpler: FTP Maker

Softhing’s new FTP Maker 1.0 lets you do just that: just plug in the server, username, password, directory, and choose whether or not you want files automatically zipped, and click “Create FTP Upload Application.” What you get is a small (less than 1MB) application that lets users drop files on an FTP server without any hassle. You can even personalize it with your company’s logo. And, best of all, it can help give you a break from having to deal with emailing files back and forth.

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We can describe an FTP site as a massive filing cabinet. With the filing cabinet, the person who is tasked to file all the documents can choose to tag and label and organize the way they want to compile it. They also are responsible for keeping the private documents locked away from any unauthorized use. And to make available what is for public use. An FTP site is works on the same principle. The key we use to log into an ftp site is the user name and password. You can choose whether to put apassword so public access can be closed or you can set it to anonymous so everyone has the access option to your files. You need to use a browser to connect to an ftp site.