fxp

[Carme Torca]

Hi,

I have heard about fxp protocol for ftp. Does anyone knows if it exists in HP-UX and how apply it?

I add any description about fxp,

Thanks,
Carmen.

What is FXP
What is FXP? FXP stands for File eXchange Protocol and it let's you
copy files from one FTP-server to another using a FXP-client (see the
downloads section). Normally you transfer files using the FTP protocol
between your machine and a FTP-server, and the maximum transfer speed
depends on the speed of your Internet connection (e.g. 56k, cable or T1).

When transferring files between two remote hosts using a FXP client,
the maximum transfer speed does not depend on your connection but only on
the connection between the two hosts which is usually much faster than your
own connection. Because it's a direct connection you won't be able to see
the progress or the transfer speed of the files. Although FXPing is very
easy, there are a few restrictions to transferring the files. Both hosts
have to support PASV mode and must allow PORT commands to foreign hosts. The
FXP client tells the destination FTP to listen for a connection by sending a
"PASV" command. The source FTP then connects to the data port reported by
the destination server (after a success PASV command). So all the data goes
directly from the source to the destination FTP and both servers only report
status messages on fail/success to the FTP client.

At least one of the two remote hosts has to be a non-NT FTP-server,
like a UNIX host or anything else. You can move files from a non-NT
FTP-server to a NT FTP-server and the other way around, but you CANNOT FXP
from a NT to an NT. One way to get by this limitation is using a Wingate.

[Geoff Wild]

If you are looking at speed, and you are going from HP-UX to HP-UX, and are internal, then I would use rcp - faster in transfer then ftp...

Rgds...Geoff

[Darren Prior]

Hi,

A quick search of the software porting centre came up with:

http://hpux.connect.org.uk/hppd/hpux/Gtk/gftp-2.0.7pre3/

which mentions fxp support.

regards,

Darren.

[Carme Torca]

Thanks,

I need to do ftp between two servers HP-UX but using a ftp-client in windows. I have installed the gftp, but it doesn't works fine. Is there any configuration o any way to do these?.

Thanks,
Carmen.