Windows WTD: Recommend me a FTP program

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  1. monkeyville

    monkeyville Evilish Monkey ++;

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    I've used LeechFTP for years now and i'm bored of it. Also i get the feeling there's probably better software out there so recommend me something better. Also i hate how it times out so damn fast.

    All i ask is that its free and wont timeout every 300seconds like leech does.
     
    monkeyville, 5 Sep 2005
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  2. hitman012

    hitman012 Minimodder

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    SmartFTP is quite a good program that I use a lot. If you don't want it to time out, it can be programmed to send a command automatically in the preferences. I have just set it to execute "LIST -aL" every hundred seconds or so.

    :)
     
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  3. TekMonkey

    TekMonkey I enjoy cheese.

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    I use SmartFTP as well. It's a pretty simple interface, it makes it easy to upload files very quickly.
     
    TekMonkey, 5 Sep 2005
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  4. Dinh

    Dinh What's a Dremel?

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    FileZilla is very good too. Plus, its free and open source. :)
     
    Dinh, 6 Sep 2005
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  5. Skylined

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    One more vote to FileZilla. ;)
     
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  6. BBurger

    BBurger What's a Dremel?

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    Another vote for FileZilla.

    I just wish they'd hurry up that Linux port they were talking about, because the default graphical FTP app in Ubuntu - gFTP - is garbage, and FTP-via-file-manager has a couple of details lacking.

    FileZilla is one of only a few things I miss from Windows, actually...
     
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  7. Hiren

    Hiren mind control Moderator

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    Also use FileZilla here.
     
    Hiren, 6 Sep 2005
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  8. Hex

    Hex Paul?! Super Moderator

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    I use both SmartFTP (free for personal use) & FileZilla here.
     
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  9. monkeyville

    monkeyville Evilish Monkey ++;

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    Cheers for the suggestions guys and gals
    Could i just ask why you use 2 programs that essentially do the same thing? What does one do that the other doesn't?
     
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  10. Hamish

    Hamish What's a Dremel?

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    filezilla does sftp
    i use smartftp for the odd occasion i use ftp and winscp for sftp/scp (because whilst filezilla supports sftp it doesnt support using keys)
     
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  11. Hex

    Hex Paul?! Super Moderator

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    I have more than 1 machine, and I test a lot of software so just ended up sticking to those 2 programs on the machines they're on. I mainly use FileZilla for the local ftp & SmartFTP is on the machines that grab stuff from outside. No reason for it, it just ended up that way. If I ever go and rebuild all the machines I'll probably just use FileZilla, there's nothing wrong with SmartFTP though, it has some nice features.
     
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  12. kenco_uk

    kenco_uk I unsuccessfully then tried again

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    FTP Navigator here. Free to use, works really well.
     
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  13. Gipo

    Gipo What's a Dremel?

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    I use flashFXP myself
     
    Gipo, 8 Sep 2005
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  14. mushky

    mushky gimme snails

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    WSFTP LE here.

    It's free and does a reasonable job. The only thing that does bug me about it is if I want to send loads of little files, it can take ages. I might try out some of the other suggestions on this thread to see if they are any better.

    Sometimes I just use IE if I want to send a couple of files accross. Very easy to do. ftp://[username]:[password]@ftpserver.com then just drag and drop from windows :)
     
    mushky, 12 Sep 2005
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  15. cpemma

    cpemma Ecky thump

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    I use Terrapin cos it's very easy to use for transferring a few files up to the websites (and besides I paid a modest sum for it in a Freeserve deal years ago and want my money's-worth :eyebrow: ) but I'm currently trying CuteFTP and others because Terrapin doesn't show how much webspace I've filled. I'll probably end up with Terrapin and A N Other on the box. :D
     
    cpemma, 12 Sep 2005
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  16. Angus

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    I use FileZilla, because SmartFTP kept messing me about, but then I found it it was my hosting that was screwing around, and just didn't go back :)
     
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  17. RTT

    RTT #parp

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    SmartFTP :)
     
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  18. edz

    edz What's a Dremel?

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    flashfxp is nice, but it's not free
     
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