You may use an FTP client to access your NetWare account from the Internet. This service allows you to manage your home directory and shared folders from your home computer. You can move, rename, and delete files or transfer files between your home computer and your campus NetWare account.

You need to know the following information in order to access your account with FTP:

Host Name: ftp.nds.it.uwosh.edu
User ID: Your NetWare Username
Password: Your NetWare password

Three different ways to use FTP are describe below:

Internet Browser
Individuals now have access their home directory from anywhere in the world using the Internet. If you use the Netscape browser on either Windows or Macintosh you must use version 4.x. Users of Internet Explorer can use version 4 or higher. Other browser versions have not been thoroughly tested.

Type the following in the address line of your browser: ftp://username@ftp.nds.it.uwosh.edu

Note: "username" is your Novell logon name. For example, if your username is "JOHN_DOE" then you would type ftp://john_doe@ftp.nds.it.uwosh.edu.

You will be prompted for your Novell password and upon successful login you will be looking at your home directory as if you were sitting on campus. Now you can copy files to or from your home computer so you can work on them without having to carry around diskettes or ZIP disks, and without having to worry about corrupt media.

FileZilla
This example will show you how access your NetWare account using an FTP client called FileZilla.
http://filezilla-project.org/.

Step 1. Start FileZilla from any computer connected to the Internet.

Step 2. Create a New Site with the following credentials and enter your username.

Step 3. Change the "Logon Type:" to Normal

Step 4. For Servertype select FTP over SSL (explicit encryption) or FTP over TLS (explicit encryption)

Step 4. Click on "Connect" and enter your user name. If all is well, you will connect to your Novell account and the remote directory will automatically be your home directory.