To view or change the advanced connection settings, open the
Preferences
dialog by selecting
Tools -> Preferences (
menu item from the menu bar. Click on the
JFTP -> Preferences
on Mac OS X)
Connection Settings -> Advanced
category in the left frame. This will display the existing advanced
connection settings.
Default FTP Client
Select the FTP client that you would like to use as the
default FTP client. This drop-down box contains a list of all
installed FTP clients. You can see the list by clicking on the down
arrow of the drop-down box. The default installation of JFTP comes
with two different clients:
Default FTP Client
AS/400 FTP Client
The
Default FTP Client
works well with most FTP servers. The
AS/400 FTP Client
is specifically designed for working with AS/400 FTP servers.
Default List Parser
Select a list parser that you would like to use as the
default list parser. This drop-down box contains a list of all
installed list parsers. A list parser is a small program used to parse
the directory listing produced by an FTP server in response to the
LIST command. The default installation of JFTP comes with the
following two list parsers:
Default List Parser (UNIX)
MS-DOS List Parser
The
Default List Parser
works well with most FTP servers that produce UNIX style directory
listing. The
MS-DOS List Parser
is used to parse the DOS/Windows style directory listing.
Transfer Data in Passive Mode
To transfer a file using FTP, a data connection needs to be
established between your PC and the FTP site. The data connection can
be opened in either active or passive modes. In the active mode, the
FTP site establishes the data connection to your PC (client). In the
passive mode, the PC establishes a connection to the FTP site. The
passive mode is helpful if you are behind a firewall and your firewall
does not accept incoming connections from computers outside of your
network. Check this box if you want to use
Passive
mode as the default data transfer mode. Uncheck this to use
Active
mode as the default data transfer mode.
Default Buffer Size
Buffering is used to improve the performance when reading
data from or writing data to files. Specify the buffer size to use
while uploading or downloading files. The default installation sets
this value to 64 Kilo Bytes.
Default Timeout
Specify the timeout in minutes. Timeout may be defined as
the maximum time that JFTP waits for a server response. If no data is
received in the specified amount of time, JFTP will disconnect from
the FTP server. The default value of timeout is set to 5 minutes.
When you are done, click on the
Save
button to save all your changes. This would also close the
Preferences
dialog.