Lab 6.2.

3 Exploring FTP

Objective
• D e m o n s tra te h o w to u s e F T P fro m th e c o m m a n d p ro m p t a n d G U I.

B a ck g r o u n d / P r ep a r a tio n
F ile T r a n s fe r P ro to c o l (F T P )is p a r t o f th e T C P /IP s u ite .F T P is u s e d to tra n s fe r f ile s f r o m o n e
n e tw o rk d e v ic e t o a n o th e r n e tw o rk d e v ic e .W in d o w s in c lu d e s a n F T P a p p lic a t io n th a t y o u c a n
e x e c u te fro m th e c o m m a n d p ro m p t.T h e re a re a ls o m a n y fre e G U I v e rs io n s o f F T P th a t y o u c a n
d o w n lo a d .T h e G U I v e r s io n s a re e a s ie r to u s e th a n ty p in g f r o m a c o m m a n d p ro m p t.

W h e n u s in g F T P , o n e c o m p u te r is n o r m a lly th e s e rv e r a n d th e o th e r c o m p u te r is th e c lie n t.W h e n

a c c e s s in g th e s e r v e r f r o m th e c lie n t , y o u n e e d to p ro v id e a u s e rn a m e a n d p a s s w o rd .S o m e F T P
s e r v e rs h a v e a u s e r I D n a m e d anonymous. Y o u c a n a c c e s s th e s e t y p e s o f s ite s b y s im p ly ty p in g
“a n o n y m o u s ” fo r th e u s e r ID , w it h o u t a p a s s w o r d .U s u a lly , th e s ite a d m in is tr a to r h a s f ile s th a t c a n b e
c o p ie d b u t d o e s n o t a llo w f ile s to b e p o s te d w it h th e a n o n y m o u s u s e rID .

If y o u r c la s s d o e s n o t h a v e a n F T P s e rv e r a v a ila b le , y o u c a n d o w n lo a d a n d in s ta ll a f r e e w a re
v e r s io n , s u c h a s H o m e F T P S e rv e r o r C e rb e ru s F T P s e rv e r.T h e F T P S e r v e r o n a c o m p u te r r u n n in g
th e C C N A D is c o v e ry L iv e C D m a y a ls o b e u s e d . A n o t h e r c o m p u te r w ill a c t a s th e F T P c lie n t b y
u s in g F T P fro m th e c o m m a n d lin e , a w e b b r o w s e r o r d o w n lo a d a fr e e w a r e v e r s io n o f a n F T P c lie n t,
s u c h a s S m a rtF T P C lie n t o r C o re F T P L E c lie n t.W o r k in t e a m s o f tw o to c o m p le te th is la b .

T h e f o llo w in g r e s o u r c e s a r e r e q u ir e d :
• W i n d o w s -b a s e d c o m p u t e r w i t h a n F T P c l i e n t
• F T P s e r v e r ( E x is tin g F T P s e r v e r , d o w n lo a d e d f r e e w a r e o r u s e L iv e C D )

S tep 1 . E x a m in e F T P f r o m th e co m m a n d p r o m p t.
a . C l i c k t h e Start b u t t o n , s e l e c t R u n , t y p e c m d o n t h e c o m m a n d l i n e , a n d t h e n c l i c k O K .
b . A t t h e p r o m p t , t y p e f tp t o s t a r t t h e F T P a p p l i c a t i o n . T h e p r o m p t c h a n g e s . [ F i g u r e ]

c . F ro m t h e f tp p r o m p t , t y p e ? t o s e e a l i s t o f t h e c o m m a n d s t h a t c a n b e u s e d i n t h i s m o d e .
d . L is t th r e e F T P c o m m a n d s ._ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

1-2 C C N A D i s c o v e r y 1 - L a b 6 . 2. 3 C o p y r i g h t  20 0 7 , C i s c o S y s t e m s , I n c .
 e . A t th e p r o m p t, t y p e h e lp p u tto s e e a s h o r t d e s c r ip tio n o f th e p u tc o m m a n d .
f. W h a t is th e p u r p o s e o f th e p u tc o m m a n d ? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
g . U s e t h e h e l p c o m m a n d a g a i n t o g e t t h e p u r p o s e o f t h e g e t, s e n d , a n d re c v c o m m a n d s .
g e t_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
s e n d _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
re c v _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

N o te : T h e o r ig in a l F T P c o m m a n d s w e r e P U T to s e n d a f ile to a n F T P s e rv e r a n d G E T to
d o w n lo a d a f ile f r o m th e F T P s e rv e r. Y o u a ls o h a d to s e le c t A S C I I o r b in a r y f ile m o d e .If y o u
d o w n lo a d a b in a r y f ile in A S C II m o d e it c o u ld e n d u p b e in g c o rru p te d .S o m e o f th e n e w e r
g r a p h ic a l p ro g ra m s n o w u s e s e n d a n d re c e iv e in th e ir p la c e .
h . P a r tn e r w it h a n o th e r s tu d e n t.U s in g p r o c e d u r e s d e m o n s tr a te d in p r e v io u s la b s , w r ite d o w n t h e
n a m e s o f e a c h p a r tn e r ’s c o m p u te r s a n d th e ir IP a d d r e s s e s .It is v e r y im p o r ta n t to g e t t h e s e
n a m e s c o rre c t.S o m e F T P a p p lic a t io n s a llo w y o u to u s e e ith e r t h e I P a d d r e s s o r t h e c o m p u te r
n a m e .
C o m p u te r 1 :_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
C o m p u te r 2 :_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

S tep 2 . U s e a G U I F T P cl ien t o r w eb br o w s er .
a . If y o u a r e u s in g a w e b b r o w s e r a s th e F T P c lie n t, o p e n th e w e b b r o w s e r a n d t y p e
f t p :/ / i p _ ad d r e ss_ of _ F T P _ se r v e r . I f t h e F T P s e r v e r i s c o n f i g u r e d t o u s e a n a n o n y m o u s u s e r I D ,
c o n n e c t d ir e c tly t o th e F T P s e r v e r .U s in g t h e F T P c lie n t, d o w n lo a d a n a v a ila b le f ile f r o m th e
s e rv e r.
b . If y o u a r e u s in g a G U I F T P c lie n t, o p e n th e a p p lic a tio n . F o r m o s t F T P c lie n ts , y o u m u s t
c o n f ig u r e a n e w c o n n e c tio n b y g iv in g it a n a m e , th e IP a d d r e s s o f th e F T P s e rv e r, a n d a
u s e rn a m e a n d p a s s w o rd .Y o u m a y h a v e to t y p e an o n y m o u s if th e F T P s e r v e r a llo w s t h is t y p e
o f c o n n e c tio n . S o m e a p p lic a tio n s h a v e a c h e c k b o x th a t a llo w s a n a n o n y m o u s lo g in .W h e n y o u
h a v e c o n f ig u r e d th e c o n n e c tio n , c o n n e c t to th e F T P s e rv e r a n d d o w n lo a d a f ile .
c . W h a t is th e n a m e o f th e f ile y o u d o w n lo a d e d f r o m th e F T P s e rv e r? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

d . L is t o n e e x a m p le o f w h e n F T P m ig h t b e b e n e f ic ia l to a c o m p u te r te c h n ic ia n ._ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

S tep 3 . ( Op tio n a l ) U s e bo th a n F T P s er ver a n d cl ien t.

a . If y o u c o n tr o l b o th th e F T P s e r v e r a n d c lie n t , p r a c t ic e s e n d in g f ile s to a n d g e t tin g f ile s f r o m th e
c lie n t a n d th e s e r v e r .
b . S h o w y o u r tr a n s f e r r e d f ile s to a n o th e r g r o u p o f s tu d e n t s .
c . C lo s e t h e F T P s e r v e r a n d c lie n t a p p lic a t io n s .

2-2 C C N A D i s c o v e r y 1 - L a b 6 . 2. 3 C o p y r i g h t  20 0 7 , C i s c o S y s t e m s , I n c .