Connection Settings Dialog Box

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This dialog box lets you specify various connection settings.

E-Mail Address—Most anonymous FTP servers expect your e-mail information as the password. After completing this box, this address automatically appears in the Password box of the Open dialog box when you click Anonymous FTP. You can edit your e-mail address when opening a connection.

Server Port—This is the server port number used for connections. You can type any value in the range 0 through 65535 in this box. The default value is port 21.

Use PASV Mode—Determines whether the FTP client (the PC running FTP) or the remote FTP server actively attempts to establish the data connection. If this check box is selected, the FTP client actively attempts to establish the data connection, and the FTP server becomes passive. Otherwise, the FTP server is active and the FTP client is passive. By default, this check box is selected: this permits the server to send information bypassing simple firewalls.

To view the current FTP status (using PASV mode or not), click Information on the Connection menu.

Note:

If you have problems connecting to the FTP server, your network may prohibit incoming connections. To overcome this problem, select the Use PASV Mode check box and try to connect again.

When PASV mode is selected, FTP does not work properly with some IBM mainframe and OS/2 FTP servers. Because PASV mode is selected by default, clear this check box in the Connection Settings dialog box before attempting to make any connections to these types of FTP servers. In these cases, FTP prompts you to disable or enable PASV mode at connection time.

Some FTP servers are unable to become passive. In these cases, see your network administrator.

Use Firewall—When you select the Use Firewall check box, the input boxes in the Firewall area are available. The login information you supply defines your access to the firewall node on the way to an external connection (not the login information of the remote node). Normally, firewall computers act as an intermediary between the client and the server for added security from Internet intruders.

The corresponding options in the Firewall Type area support the following types of firewall protection for FTP connections:

SITE Server Name	Firewall server name, user name, and password are required. FTP logs the user into the firewall and establishes the remote connection using the FTP SITE command remote_host.
USER After Login	Firewall server name, user name, and password are required. FTP logs the user into the firewall and establishes the remote connection using the FTP USER command remote_user@remote_host.
USER Without Login	Firewall server name is required, and user name and password are ignored. FTP does not log the user into the firewall; it establishes the remote connection using the FTP USER command remote_user@remote_host.
Proxy OPEN	Firewall server name is required, and user name and password are ignored. FTP sends OPEN remote_host to the firewall when it connects.
Proxy CONNECT	Firewall server name is required, and user name and password are ignored. FTP sends CONNECT remote_host to the firewall when it connects.