FTP May 19, 2008

Task:  Try uploading your web page to your student web space in Oasis or your web space provided by your ISP using ftp.

Log entry:  I downloaded and used SmartFTP for this exercise.  Using the FTP software was fairly straightforward, but I couldn’t get my page to display properly. After checking Bulletin Board posts, I found that this was because I hadn’t set up a Curtin VPN. this took a bit of chasing around (highlighting the need for good communication between the providers of technology and the users) but once done, it all worked.

Here is the URL - http://student.curtin.edu.au/~14092965/ (only accessible at Curtin or via the Curtin VPN).

File Transfer Protocol (FTP) April 29, 2008

Task:  Download and install a FTP client.  FTP to recall.curtin.edu.au and uses an anonymous loging.  Look at the directory structure and find the file called README. 

Outcome:  “according to the readme file, ‘CAPITALIZATION MATTERS’”.

Log entry:  I downloaded a trial version of WS-FTP Professional for this exercise. The experience was a more direct or tangible way of interacting with another computer.  AsI’m familiar with computer file structures, it was very similar to opening up a directory on my own computer, even though it’s on the other side of the country.  This makes it seem like less of a remote interaction.

Because I directly initiated the request, it also makes me feel more ‘in charge’ or autonomous than I would, for example, in finding a web page using a search engine.