Filezilla
The free FileZilla Client is avalable 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. |
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Using FileZilla
SFTP
Using the Quickconnect feature
EITHER
EITHER
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Quickconnect
Use these settings:
- Set Host to an FQDN, for example
nx.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.
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Use these settings:
- Set Host to a URL with an sftp:// prefix to the FQDN, example sftp://
nx.cs.uwindsor.ca
- Set Username to your UWinID (all in lowercase characters)
- Set Password to your campus password
- DO NOT set the Port value
Press the Quickconnect button to open a new SFTP file transfer session.
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If you have used Quickconnect to connect to this or other servers, you can select a saved session from the pull-down list to the right of the Quickconnect button.
Configuring a connection using the Site Manager
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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.
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