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Using the device as an FTP client
Establishing an FTP connection
To access the FTP server, you must establish a connection from the FTP client to the FTP server.
To establish an IPv4 FTP connection:
Ste
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, and the
primary IP address of the
output interface is used as the
source IP address.
3. Return to user view.
quit N/A
4. Log in to the FTP server.
• (Method 1) Log in to the FTP server
directly in user view:
ftp ftp-server [ service-port ]
[ vpn-instance vpn-instance-name ]
[ dscp dscp-value | source { interface
{ interface-name | interface-type
interface-number } | ip
source-ip-address } ] *
• (Method 2) Log in to the FTP server in
FTP client view:
a. ftp
b. open server-address
[ service-port ]
Use either method.
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:
Ste
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