Filezilla

The free FileZilla Client is available for Windows , macOS and Linux . 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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 If you are running Linux, just use the package manager for your distribution to install it. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Using FileZilla 

 SFTP 

 Using the Quickconnect feature 

 

 

 

 

 Use these settings: 

 

 Set Host to an FQDN, for example delta.cs.uwindsor.ca  or ( electron.cs.uwindsor.ca ) 

 Set Username to your UWinID (all in lowercase characters) 

 Set Password to your campus password 

 Set Port to 22 (this is required if the host URL does not include the protocol prefix!) 

 

 Press the Quickconnect button to open a new SFTP file transfer session. 

 Configuring a connection using the Site Manager 

 

 Open the Site Manager from the File menu. 

 Use these settings in the General tab: 

 

 Set Protocol to SFTP - SSH File Transfer Protocol 

 Set Host to an FQDN, for example myweb.cs.uwindsor.ca 

 Set Username to your UWinID (all in lowercase characters) 

 Set Password to your campus password 

 

 Use this setting in the Transfer Settings tab: 

 

 Check Limit number of simultaneous connections 

 You can set the Maximum number of connections to between 1 and 5. If this number is too high, the server may blacklist your IP for attempting to open too many sessions simultaneously.