Tag «FTP»

Applying Dreamweaver 8.0.2 patch on Windows 7 or 8

I’ve been hobbling along with Dreamweaver 8 on Windows 7 and now Windows 8, without the ability to save my FTP settings. It was fixed in the 8.0.2 patch, but the patch won’t install under Windows 7/8. My work around was just FTPing the file manually. Anyways, I found the solution to getting the patch …

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Map an FTP site to a drive letter

Mapping an FTP site to a drive letter is very handy. It saves you the lengthy process of saving a copy of the file somewhere, booting an FTP client, logging into a ftp site, navigating to the source file, navigating to the target folder, uploading the file, closing the client, and deleting the original file. …

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Speed up FTP transfer by disabling SPI on your router

My VOIP phone service ViaTalk recommended I disable SPI (Stateful Packet Inspection) on my router for better performance. I did a little research and it appears that the primary purpose for this is to prevent DoS attacks which seems like overkill on a home router. Anyways, disabling didn’t seem to improve my VOIP service, but …

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FireFTP is one hot browser-based FTP client

With the maturing of web technologies like Flash and AJAX, web apps are suplanting the need for desktop apps more and more. PC Mag’s March issue recommended the Firefox extension FireFTP on their Best Free Software list so I decided to check it out. Well, it has all of the features I need including SFTP …

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