Establishing an FTP connection
To access an FTP server, you must establish a connection from the FTP client to the FTP server.
To establish an IPv4 FTP connection:
Step | Command | Remarks |
|---|---|---|
1. Enter system view. | system-view | N/A |
2. (Optional.) Specify a source IP address for outgoing FTP packets. | ftp client source { interface interface-type interface-number | ip source-ip-address } | By default, no source IP address is specified. The device uses the primary IP address of the output interface as the source IP address. |
3. Return to user view. | quit | N/A |
4. Log in to the FTP server. |
| The source IP address specified in the ftp command takes precedence over the one set by the ftp client source command. |
To establish an IPv6 FTP connection:
Step | Command | Remarks |
|---|---|---|
1. Enter system view. | system-view | N/A |
2. (Optional.) Specify the source IPv6 address for FTP packets sent by the FTP client. | ftp client ipv6 source { interface interface-type interface-number | ipv6 source-ipv6-address } | By default, no source IPv6 address is specified. The source address is automatically selected as defined in RFC 3484. |
3. Return to user view. | quit | N/A |
4. Log in to the FTP server. |
| The source IP address specified in the ftp ipv6 command takes precedence over the one set by the ftp client ipv6 source command. |