Advanced

To view or change the advanced connection settings, open the Preferences dialog by selecting Tools -> Preferences ( JFTP -> Preferences on Mac OS X) menu item from the menu bar. Click on the Connection Settings -> Advanced category in the left frame. This will display the existing advanced connection settings.

Default FTP Client
Select the FTP client that you would like to use as the default FTP client. This drop-down box contains a list of all installed FTP clients. You can see the list by clicking on the down arrow of the drop-down box. The default installation of JFTP comes with two different clients:

The Default FTP Client works well with most FTP servers. The AS/400 FTP Client is specifically designed for working with AS/400 FTP servers.

Default List Parser
Select a list parser that you would like to use as the default list parser. This drop-down box contains a list of all installed list parsers. A list parser is a small program used to parse the directory listing produced by an FTP server in response to the LIST command. The default installation of JFTP comes with the following two list parsers:

The Default List Parser works well with most FTP servers that produce UNIX style directory listing. The MS-DOS List Parser is used to parse the DOS/Windows style directory listing.

Transfer Data in Passive Mode
To transfer a file using FTP, a data connection needs to be established between your PC and the FTP site. The data connection can be opened in either active or passive modes. In the active mode, the FTP site establishes the data connection to your PC (client). In the passive mode, the PC establishes a connection to the FTP site. The passive mode is helpful if you are behind a firewall and your firewall does not accept incoming connections from computers outside of your network. Check this box if you want to use Passive mode as the default data transfer mode. Uncheck this to use Active mode as the default data transfer mode.

Default Buffer Size
Buffering is used to improve the performance when reading data from or writing data to files. Specify the buffer size to use while uploading or downloading files. The default installation sets this value to 64 Kilo Bytes.

Default Timeout
Specify the timeout in minutes. Timeout may be defined as the maximum time that JFTP waits for a server response. If no data is received in the specified amount of time, JFTP will disconnect from the FTP server. The default value of timeout is set to 5 minutes.

When you are done, click on the Save button to save all your changes. This would also close the Preferences dialog.