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hi.. i would like to use FTP with Wamp so i could remotly download and upload from my home computer.. i never used the Ftp before and i want to have some knoledge about:
- how can i make it secure
- how to set it up
- do i need to install FTP on my home computer

thank you

you have to install ftp server such as filezilla ftp server on wamp pc

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hi again .. i downloaded filezilla ftp server and asked for "server name + port + password". i tried to use my external ip address , localhost:81, myname.dyndns.org, non of these are working.. i read the documentation and i did exactly as they said but coudnt get ftp connected to my local computer.... please let me know what am i missing here....

thank you

FTP uses TCP port 21 and you need to forward that port on your firewall/router to the internal IP address of your server.

toivo
Sydney, Australia

it didnt work .. i keep getting this msg. "Connected, waiting for authentication
Connection to server closed."

Are you using a client application like FileZilla to connect to your FTP server? You need to create a user in the FTP server, set up a password and also the home folder for that user. Then you can set up that user in an FTP client like FileZilla client and connect to your server. Alternatively, you can use a browser and connect using the URL: [example.com] where example.com is your domain or IP address of the server.

i downloaded filezilla server and it only asked for "server address, Port, and AdminPassword"..
im trying to cofiger it on the Pc that has WAMP.. please let me know what should i do exactly..
is there anything else i should download?

The FileZilla server is all you need on the web server. On your remote workstation you need an FTP client like the FileZilla client. Use the default settings on the server and once you get it working, you can fine tune it, for example by setting a subdomain that the server is listening to, as a security measure.

ok.. for filezilla server, should i just leave it without cofigeration?

You need to create a user and set the user's default home folder.

how can i do that?

Start the FTP server and select Edit - Users - Add and so on. Please read the documentation at [wiki.filezilla-project.org]

thank you for your support

ferro, are you clear? if not, here more details

when talking about ftp, you actually need 2 ftp's: ftp server and ftp client

on your server, ie, wamp pc, you need to install ftp server, in which you create ftp users and define everything related to those users such as password, document root, privileges... when setup ftp server, you need to port forward for ftp server in your router, and default port for ftp is 21, then in ftp server, you have to define server(s) and run those server(s) to create users... and to accept access...

on other pc, you need to have ftp client, and the simplest form of ftp client is browser, to connect to ftp server on your server, ie wamp pc; if using borwser you can put in url 'ftp://your_domain_or_ip' or you can even put in user and password in url 'ftp://username:password@your_domain_or_ip'

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im working on it ... thank you so much

425 Can't open data connection.
Error: Failed to retrieve directory listing

what that msg means? currently i could connect to my ftp server but i get thats msg.

you should get more help on ftp from forums of that ftp server

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problem solved.. thank you

I get a different message... i get failed to create listen port...