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Configuring WS_FTP LE To Connect To Your Webspace
Configuring WS_FTP LE To Connect To Your Webspace

Connect your computer to the Internet.

Launch WS_FTP LE by clicking on the Start button and then selecting Programs, then WS_FTP, and then WS_FTP95 LE.

When WS_FTP LE first launches, it opens the Session Properties window. Here is where you select which FTP site you want to connect to for this session.

All the information within this window is necessary to establish a connection with an FTP server on the Internet. With WS_FTP LE, you can save all this information in what is call a Profile.

The first time you launch WS_FTP LE, the default Profile is for Ipswitch, the makers of WS_FTP LE. You will see all the necessary information for connecting to Ipswitchs FTP site ftp://ftp.ipswitch.com.

For now, you do not need to worry about every field that appears in the Session Properties window. What you will need to know are the following attributes:

Profile Name This is a nickname of sorts, within WS_FTP LE, for your Profiles so that you can easily distinguish one from another.
Host Name/Address This is the Internet address of the site you want to connect to. For this field, you will use your domain name.
User ID This is the first half of the User ID/Password pair needed to obtain access to the files in your webspace.(i.e. the key to the filing cabinet). Your User ID is case sensitive, usually it will be all lower case.
Password This is the second half of the User ID/Password pair needed to have access to the files in your webspace. The password is case sensitive, and is the most common problem users run into. For security reasons, we do not record user passwords, if you do lose your password, just call and we will reset it for you.

This all you need to know in order to connect to your webspace. Lets create a new FTP site Profile for your webspace.

From the Session Properties window, click on the New button.

All fields should go blank. Now you can create a new FTP site Profile.

ProfileName Descriptive nickname
Host Name/
Address		 Your domain name
User ID As provided when your account was setup
Password As provided when your account was setup

Now click the Apply button. Congratulations, you have successfully created and saved you first Profile in WS_FTP LE.

Now Click on the OK button and WS_FTP LE will connect you to your webspace. If you have speakers on your computer, you'll hear the sound of train when you've successfully connected.


Next Section: Transfering Files With WS_FTP LE

 

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