free FTP question

**joe113** · Jun 3, 2008, 15:12

What is the advantage to having an FTP that you pay for as opposed to one that is free?

**bluestartech** · Jun 3, 2008, 15:14

winscp is free and damn good, its secure ftp over an ssh connection...connects to linux servers without needed ftp installed and is more secure than traditional ftp

**Tailslide** · Jun 3, 2008, 23:14

Not sure - never bothered to pay for a FTP programme - I'm too mean!

**trishacupra** · Jun 3, 2008, 23:21

It's personal preference, really, and advanced features.

Filezilla is pretty good, and so is the FireFTP Firefox extension.

But I normally use Transmit (on my Mac). It does cost but not much.

**banago** · Jun 4, 2008, 01:52

I use FileZilla.

**cgustaveson** · Jun 4, 2008, 05:50

FileZilla Rocks my world!

I have used a few others but if they try to authenticate too much and resulted in getting me banned from my own server!

**Kevin Boss** · Jun 4, 2008, 06:31

Maybe a better question is: Does anyone pay for FTP software?

**trishacupra** · Jun 4, 2008, 06:42

An even better question (at least for me) would be...

"Is there a free FTP program for Macs that lets you copy files from one server straight to another?"

It was really easy when I used Konqueror on Ubuntu Linux. I bought Transmit to achieve the same.

**cgustaveson** · Jun 4, 2008, 06:49

Originally Posted by trishacupra

An even better question (at least for me) would be...

"Is there a free FTP program for Macs that lets you copy files from one server straight to another?"

It was really easy when I used Konqueror on Ubuntu Linux. I bought Transmit to achieve the same.

I think "Fetch" is what you need

**Tijmen** · Jun 4, 2008, 12:05

Its beyond me why someone would want to pay for a ftp tool, while there are so many good free programs available. Its not like a payed version will upload your files faster or anything like that...

**joe113** · Jun 4, 2008, 15:08

Thanks for all replies!

Basically, I just wanted to make sure I wasn't missing out on anything by using a free one.

I really wanted to use Filezilla, but I can't configure it to my computer. I'm going to try to update my Windows service pack and try again.

**trishacupra** · Jun 4, 2008, 16:37

Fetch costs money, too. I wish there was Konqueror for Mac. (I know there is KDE for Mac, but it looks a bit complicated.)

**joe113** · Jun 4, 2008, 16:46

I just downloaded Filezilla again.

A window pops up which says server address, port, and administration password.

I never had the option of registering a password with Filezilla, are they talking about my hosts password?

When I put in my hosts password I go to another window, and it says waiting for authorization, and then logged on, but that's a far as I go. Anyone know what I should do next?

EDIT: When I'm talking about my host's password, I mean the password they gave me to use on FTPs.

**trishacupra** · Jun 4, 2008, 17:09

Yes, it's your host's details, including your FTP password.

**ozwebfx** · Jun 4, 2008, 17:18

http://www.ipswitchft.com/products/w...#best_security for me! Reliable & secure.

**joe113** · Jun 4, 2008, 19:26

Originally Posted by trishacupra

Yes, it's your host's details, including your FTP password.

This is as far as I'm getting on Filezilla. I get this text on a window with no options. Once it's "logged on" it's a dead end.

FileZilla Server version 0.9.25 beta
Copyright 2001-2006 by Tim Kosse (tim.kosse@filezilla-project.org)
Connecting to server...
Connected, waiting for authentication
Logged on

**joe113** · Jun 4, 2008, 19:30

Originally Posted by ozwebfx

http://www.ipswitchft.com/products/w...#best_security for me! Reliable & secure.

I mentioned WS_FTP in another thread, this is totally free?

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