Connecting to your FTP site

If IIS FTP is enabled for your account, you can connect to your FTP site and transfer files between your local computer and your FTP site.

To connect to your FTP site from the command line using a Windows 98/Windows Me/Windows 2000/Windows XP computer:

1. Start your Windows computer and log on (if required).

2. Click Start > Run, enter cmd in the Open text box, and click OK. The command prompt window is displayed.

3. Type the following commands:

1. ftp

2. open <your_site_name> <port_number>
   For example, example.com 10014.

4. At the User prompt, enter your user account name (the name that you use to log on to your User control panel). For example, if exam is the login suffix for your site, then enter user1@exam.

5. At the Password prompt, enter your user account password.

6. After you log on successfully, at the FTP prompt, enter the following command:

cd wwwroot/<your_user_name>
For example, cd wwwroot/user1. This command changes the current directory to your home directory.

7. At the FTP prompt, type ls to see the list of existing directories and files.

8. You can download or upload files to and from your home directory using the FTP get and put commands respectively. You need to have "read" and "write" permissions to view, download, or upload files.

9. Note: You do not have permission to download or upload files in directories other than in your home directory and its sub-directories.