ISM INFO6002 ORIENTATION

FTP CLIENT INSTRUCTIONS

NOTE: TURN OFF ALL OF YOUR RUNNING FIREWALLS BEFORE STARTING.

BY DEFAULT THE WINDOWS FIREWALL FILTERS OUT ALL IN-COMING PACKETS

WITHOUT A PROPER FIREWALL ALLOW RULE.

*** When you try to do a directory listing (ls -ail) with the ftp

client, it will appear as if the session is locked out.

To break out of this condition enter CTL C

_ Troubleshoot your firewall settings and try again ***

From your Windows Command Prompt

(Select the START menu and enter cmd into the search box and press ENTER to run cmd.exe)

1) On your local PC make a new directory called ismdownload (off of C:\)

cd c:\ismdownload

dir (Verify with a directory listing that you are in C:\ismdownload)

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2) Verify network connectivity

ping sco.fanshawec.ca (if DNS is working)

ping 10.9.103.22 (if inside the College, no DNS)

ping 205.211.140.52 (if outside the College, no DNS)

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3) Anonymous required files from sco.fanshawec.ca

ftp sco.fanshawec.ca (if DNS is working)

ftp 10.9.103.22 (if inside the College, no dns)

ftp 205.211.140.52 (if outside the College, no dns)

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4) Login as anonymous, (no passwd just hit enter when prompted for this)

pwd (Prints current working directory)

ls -ail (list all files available in the current directory )

cd pub (change directory to the pub dir, relative to the current directory)

ls -ail (list all files available)

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5) Check help menu & connection status

? (help menu)

status (connection status)

bin (turn on binary file transfer)

hash (print hash marks when transferring files)

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6) pwd (Verify your current working dir is /pub)

! (Puts you in to your local shell)

dir (List's the current local dir)

exit (Puts you back into your FTP client shell)

lcd c:\ismdownload (Changes your local working Windows directory to c:\ismdownload)

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7) pwd (Make sure you are /pub)

cd ism (change directory to the ism dir, relative to the current directory)

pwd (Make sure you are /pub/ism)

ls –ail (Verify directory content)

cd info6002 (change directory to the orientation dir, relative to the current directory)

cd week1

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8) pwd (Make sure you are /pub/ism/info6002/week1)

(If not try cd /pub/ism/info6002/week1…absolute path reference)

ls –ail (Verify all files are there, should see: 1.2.4.4.pka, 7z920-x64.msi, CiscoP-Tracer-6.1.1-SE.exe, PacketTracer-1.2.4.4.docx, TopologyH2.pkt, TopologyS2.pkt, ptracer-overview.pdf, setupscreenhunterfree.exe)

mget * (You should see 1 Hash mark (#) for each 2048 bytes of file transfer)

9) Close your FTP connection

bye