Part II: FTP and Uploading Files

Once you have requested and received your user ID and password from RINET, you may use the built-in upload feature of your HTML editor or a stand-alone FTP client to transfer your Web files to RINET's Web server. Please refer to the FTP software's help system for general use. The RINET server settings shown in this document should be generally applicable to most FTP clients.

A number of free FTP clients are available for various platforms. A web search for a free FTP download will give you many options.

You can download FileZilla for Windows Users or FETCH for Mac Users. You can also connect to the University of Rhode Island ftp server  to download other FTP clients.

Step 1: Setting up the connection

Download and install the FTP client, or open a transfer session in your HTML editor. You will need the following information to set up a profile for your web account. A profile just remembers all the pertinent information about your login name, password, and what computer you are connecting to.

Host Name: www.ri.net or www.muni.ri.net
Host Type: Be sure that Automatic Detect is selected
User ID: Type in your Web account username provided to you by RINET.
Password: Type in your Web account password provided to you by RINET.
It will show up as *****.

• Be sure to uncheck "Anonymous" if given that option.
  
• Choose "Passive Transfer" or "Passive FTP" if given that option.
  
• Check "Save Pwd" if you wish. This will save you from having to type in your password every time.

• The concept is to send all the Web files from your computer to the Web server.
• Ideally, the 2 panes of your FTP client's should mirror each other. Remember, the world can only see the files which exist on the web server.
• Your Web address will be in the format: http://www.ri.net/username