10.2.3.3 Packet Tracer - FTP
10.2.3.3 Packet Tracer - FTP
10.2.3.3 Packet Tracer - FTP
Topology
Objectives
Part 1: Configure FTP Services on Servers
Part 2: Upload a File to the FTP Server
Part 3: Download a File from the FTP Server
Background
In this activity, you will configure FTP services. You will then use the FTP
services to transfer files between clients and the server.
Note: Packet Tracer only simulates the process for configuring these services.
FTP server and client software packages each have their own unique installation
and configuration instructions. The first time you attempt to connect to a web
2016 Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. This document is Cisco Public.
Page 1 of 4
address, Packet Tracer takes several seconds to simulate the DNS name
resolution process.
Part 1: Configure FTP Services on Servers
Step 1:
us
cisco
Permissions
limited to Read
and List
full permission
or
d. Click the default cisco user account and click Remove to delete it. Close the
CentralServer configuration window.
Step 2:
Transfer
the
README.txt
file
from
the
home
laptop
to
CentralServer.
As network administrator, you must place a notice on the FTP servers. The
document has been created on the home laptop and must be uploaded to the
FTP servers.
a. Click Home Laptop and click the Desktop tab > Text Editor.
b. Open the README.txt file and review it. Close the Text Editor when done.
Note: Do not change the file because this affects scoring.
c. In the Desktop tab, open the Command Prompt window and perform the
following steps:
1) Type ftp centralserver.pt.pka. Wait several seconds while the client
connects.
Note: Because Packet Tracer is a simulation, it can take up to 30 seconds
for FTP to connect the first time.
2016 Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. This document is Cisco Public.
Page 2 of 4
2) The server prompts for a username and password. Use the credentials for
the administrator account.
3) The prompt changes to ftp>. List the contents of the directory by typing
dir. The file directory on CentralServer displays.
4) Transfer the README.txt file: at the ftp> prompt, type put README.txt.
The
README.txt
file
is
transferred
from
the
home
laptop
to
CentralServer.
5) Verify the transfer of the file by typing dir. The README.txt file is now
listed in the file directory.
6) Close the FTP client by typing quit. The prompt will return to PC>.
Step 2:
Transfer
the
README.txt
file
from
the
home
laptop
to
BranchServer.
a. Repeat Step 1c to transfer the README.txt file to branchserver.pt.pka.
b. Close the Command Prompt and Home Laptop windows, respectively.
Part 3: Download a File from the FTP Server
Step 1:
a. Click PC2 and click the Desktop tab > Command Prompt.
7) Type ftp centralserver.pt.pka.
8) The server prompts for a username and password. Use the credentials for
the anonymous account.
9) The prompt changes to ftp>. List the contents of the directory by typing
dir. The README.txt file is listed at the top of the directory list.
10)
get
Verify that the anonymous account does not have the permission to
2016 Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. This document is Cisco Public.
Page 3 of 4
Close the FTP client by typing quit. The prompt returns to the PC>
prompt.
13)
Verify the transfer of the file to PC2 by typing dir. README.txt is listed
in the directory.
14)
b. In the Desktop tab, open the Text Editor and then the README.txt file to
verify the integrity of the file.
c. Close the Text Editor and then the PC2 configuration window.
Step 2:
Phone.
Repeat Step 1 for Smart Phone, except download the README.txt file from
branchserver.pt.pka.
2016 Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. This document is Cisco Public.
Page 4 of 4