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.