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WS_FTP Professional

Supported Product

Ipswitch's WS_FTP Professional is the supported and recommended FTP client for Windows file transfers. WS_FTP Professional has a graphical interface for FTP that lets you log onto any host running an FTP server to download software. WS_FTP Professional can be used for authenticated or anonymous FTP, supports SFTP, and comes configured with a list of FTP sites of interest to Windows users.

General

Windows compatibility

WS_FTP Professional versions function correctly in Windows 10 and 11.

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Download WS_FTP Professional (version 12)

Support Providers looking for version 12.9 can contact Client Care for a license.

Configuring WS_FTP Professional for SFTP

Note: Updated file transfer instructions for sites migrated off the origin.www.upenn.edu web server

If your website has been migrated from origin.www.upenn.edu to a new web server, either radix.www.upenn.edu or another ISC provided VM, follow the instructions below to update your FTP software by replacing all instances of the server name origin.www.upenn.edu with radix.www.upenn.edu or the name of the provisioned VM. For example, the instruction, “In the Server Address: field, type origin.www.upenn.edu” will now read as “In the Server Address: field, type radix.www.upenn.edu.” The location of the files will also change from /usr/local/ftp/html/<sitename> or /usr/local/ftp/[virtualhostname]/html/<sitename> to /<sitename>. That is, /usr/local/ftp/html/ or /usr/local/ftp/[virtualhostname]/html/ is no longer needed before the sitename.

If you do not know the name of the provisioned VM, please contact ISC Client Care or if you have any questions about the instructions for posting files to the radix server, please talk with your LSP or contact ISC Client Care.

Follow the steps below to configure SFTP transfers with WS_FTP Professional to origin.www.upenn.edu.  

  1. Launch WS_FTP Professional.
  2. From the Connections menu, choose New Connection... The Connection Wizard dialog box appears.
  3. In the Site Name: field, enter an appropriate name for your connection (such as origin.www.upenn.edu), then click Next.
  4. In the Connection Type: dropdown menu, choose SFTP/SSH, then click Next.
  5. In the Server Address: field, type origin.www.upenn.edu, then click Next.
  6. In the User Name: field, enter your account name, usually the same as your PennKey username. 
  7. In the Password: field, enter your password on origin.www.upenn.edu (Set your local password)
  8. Click Next, then click Advanced... The Site Options dialog box appears.
  9. Click Startup on the left sidebar. For the Remote site folder, enter the directory to which you have access (for example: /usr/local/ftp/html/directoryname or /usr/local/ftp/[virtualhostname]/html/directoryname if you use a virtual host on origin.www.upenn.edu). Click OK.
  10. Click Finish to complete the profile.

WS_FTP Professional

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