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Passive FTP File Transfers
 

St. Edward's University is behind a firewall which prevents access to outside FTP servers unless the passive FTP mode is selected in your FTP application.

If you need to FTP documents to or from a non-St. Edward's server use the instructions below to select Passive FTP mode.

Fetch

  1. Click on the Customize Menu and select Preferences.
  2. Click on the Firewall tab and click in the box to the left of Use Passive mode transfers (PASV).
  3. Click on OK to save your preferences.

WS_FTP

  1. In the Session Properties window, click on the Advanced tab.
  2. Click in the box (at the bottom of the window) next to Passive Transfers.
  3. Click on Apply.

Dreamweaver

  1. Click on the Site Menu and select Define Sites.
  2. Select the site and click on Edit.
  3. Under Category, click on Remote.
  4. On the right side of the screen click in the box next to Use Passive FTP.
  5. Click on OK to save your settings.

 

 
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