Via a command line

The first is a basic connection through your machine to the server, via a command line. Despite being the most direct, it is the least visual and isn’t very user-friendly for beginners.
To set up an FTP connection via your command line, please follow the below instructions.
First of all ensure you have your hostname, username and password to hand, otherwise you won’t get very far without them.

  • Click your Start button.
  • Click Run
  • Enter “cmd” without the quotation marks and press enter.

    • You should be presented with a black window with your command line.

    To initiate an FTP connection type: ftp , followed by the website’s hostname. Usually, www.mywebsite.com
    So for example:

    ftp www.computors.com

    You should then connect to the host and will be prompted for your username. If your connection is rejected at this point, double check the details you have and ensure any firewall you have installed is configured correctly.

  • Enter your username and press enter.
  • Then enter your password and press enter.

    • You should now be connected and ready to transfer and organise files on your server. As this is a command line interface, you will need to issue written commands via the command line to the server.

    There are many commands available to use, please visit the following source for the most commonly used commands: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_FTP_commands

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