Setting up your FTP Client Correctly - Preventing FTP Blocks!

The following tutorial will guide you through setting up your FTP client properly for transffering files to your account. Some users forget to setup their FTP clients properly, which can result in being blocked by the server.

We will be using the open source FileZilla FTP ( http://filezilla-project.org ) client as an example, which we recommend as the best freely available FTP option. However, as a rule of thumb all FTP clients will have the same settings for controlling the following important settings:

1) Your Maximum "Simultaneous" or "Concurrent" transfers.

2) Your Maximum Uploads & Downloads.

You must be careful with these settings as they often default to "0" or Unlimiated. This means your FTP client will attempt to open as many connections as possible to the server and you risk a temporary or permanent IP block. Our servers are protected behind a firewall which will block an IP when more than 6 connections are attempted within a certain period.

FileZilla FTP Settings

Step 1: Open up FileZilla and select Edit -> Settings

Step 2: Under FileZilla's Settings Menu, Select the "Transfers" menu option.

Here you will see the Global Settings for "Concurrent Transfers".

You must make sure your maximum simultaneous transfers is set to 2 or less.

IMPORTANT: You must also make sure your limits for concurrent downloads & uploads are set to 1 or 2. This setting will overide the maximum simultaneous transfers setting - if set to "0" or unlimited, you will be blocked by the server for opening an unlimited number of connections to the server.

• 15/05/2009 14:43 - CHMOD - File Permissions Explained
• 02/05/2008 16:05 - Preventing IP Bans While Uploading Files Via FTP
• 25/01/2008 11:12 - WS_FTP - Transferring files
• 25/01/2008 11:10 - WS_FTP - Managing Files and Permissions
• 25/01/2008 11:09 - WS_FTP - Connect

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