Hello All,

A friend running windows needs an ftp client to up/download QWK packets and replies to the BBS.

Does anyone have recommendations for an easy to install and use ftp client
for windows?

I wonder if windows still has the CLI ftp client and if that would work?


Ttyl :-),
Al

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On 03 Feb 2021, Alan Ianson said the following...

Does anyone have recommendations for an easy to install and use ftp
client for windows?

Filezilla seems to be the defacto standard.

https://filezilla-project.org/

I wonder if windows still has the CLI ftp client and if that would work?

Just tried it on my Windows 10 20H2 install and it's still there.


Jay

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Am 03.02.21 schrieb Alan Ianson@1:153/757.2 in INTERNET:

Hallo Alan,

I wonder if windows still has the CLI ftp client and if that would work?

The CMD ftp.exe is still there in Win10.

As others already mentioned WinSCP and FileZilla, I would like to add that some advanced file managers like e.g. DirectoryOpus also include FTP
clients.
Here, it should also be possible to create scripts for automation :)

Regards,
Anna

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Re: Re: Windows FTP client
By: Anna Christina Nass to Alan Ianson on Thu Feb 04 2021 12:24 pm

The CMD ftp.exe is still there in Win10.

That's good. I use something like that on linux most times when I need to access an ftp site.

As others already mentioned WinSCP and FileZilla, I would like to add that some advanced file managers like e.g. DirectoryOpus also include FTP clients.
Here, it should also be possible to create scripts for automation :)

That does sound nice for scripting. Thanks for the hint.

Ttyl :-),
Al

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Hello Alan Ianson!

** On Wednesday 03.02.21 - 18:46, Alan Ianson wrote to Jay Harris:

Does anyone have recommendations for an easy to install and use ftp
client for windows?

Filezilla seems to be the defacto standard.

https://filezilla-project.org/

Thanks, I'll pass that along.

I've been using FileZilla for as long as I can remember. I use
it for many different places. Only your site has a problem when
the PASV step is reached. :(

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Re: Windows FTP client
By: August Abolins to Alan Ianson on Tue Feb 09 2021 11:05 pm

I've been using FileZilla for as long as I can remember. I use
it for many different places. Only your site has a problem when
the PASV step is reached. :(

My FTP site runs on my own computer behind my router and that is all I have.

It is my hope that it will work for anyone who would like to browse or download anything from there but it doesn't always work.

There are two things I can think of that might help.

1) I could put the BBS on a VPS somewhere.
2) I may get a new, better behaved router.

It is likely that one of those will happen at some point but not in the foreseeable future.

Ttyl :-),
Al

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Hello Alan Ianson!

** On Tuesday 09.02.21 - 22:05, Alan Ianson wrote to August Abolins:

1) I could put the BBS on a VPS somewhere.
2) I may get a new, better behaved router.

It is likely that one of those will happen at some point
but not in the foreseeable future.

What is your 1st choice dream router? Maybe I could help pitch
in for your 3rd choice! Hehehehheh.

At least 4 different people have sent me hardware and software
packages over the years at no cost. I'd be happy to pitch in if
that could help you get the hardware that would work.
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On 10 Feb 2021, August Abolins said the following...

What is your 1st choice dream router?

I just returned the Netgear Orbi (RBK752) that caused my IPv6 issues. That was a bummer because I did so much research and it "seemed" perfect.

I'm now eyeing up the Eero Pro 6 (2 Pack), but still need to do more research (and wait for a sale).


Jay

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Re: Windows FTP client
By: August Abolins to Alan Ianson on Wed Feb 10 2021 08:54 am

What is your 1st choice dream router? Maybe I could help pitch
in for your 3rd choice! Hehehehheh.

At one time I had a collection of routers. If one didn't work I'd use another.

At one time I had a little black box, it was about the size of a jello package. It was cheap and worked very well, I ran the BBS off that box very well for a long time.

The box I have now was provided by my ISP and does everything. It's a modem and router along with WiFi all in one. Any regular internet consumer would be perfectly happy with the way it works. The problem comes up with the ports. There is some kind of server answering on port 22 and 23. I can disable it but then port 22 and 23 do nothing. Port 21 is also a problem for some.

A VPS would solve all these port issues, I think. A well behaved router also but for the time being that is what I have.

At least 4 different people have sent me hardware and software
packages over the years at no cost. I'd be happy to pitch in if
that could help you get the hardware that would work.

I am not sure if I can plug another box in here with what my ISP provides so I don't know if that would help at all. In fact, I don't know the difference between these different boxes.

Ttyl :-),
Al

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Re: Windows FTP client
By: Alan Ianson to August Abolins on Tue Feb 09 2021 10:05 pm

Re: Windows FTP client
By: August Abolins to Alan Ianson on Tue Feb 09 2021 11:05 pm

I've been using FileZilla for as long as I can remember. I use
it for many different places. Only your site has a problem when
the PASV step is reached. :(

My FTP site runs on my own computer behind my router and that is all I have.

https://wiki.synchro.net/faq:tcpip#ftp_nat
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Re: Windows FTP client
By: Rob Swindell to Alan Ianson on Wed Feb 10 2021 10:18 pm

My FTP site runs on my own computer behind my router and that is all I
have.

https://wiki.synchro.net/faq:tcpip#ftp_nat

Thanks. I was having a similar problem years ago with a different computer and router. I'll have a fresh look at that and see if I can get it working better.

Ttyl :-),
Al

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