10.2.3.3 Packet Tracer – FTP

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10.2.3.3 Packet Tracer – FTP

Packet Tracer – FTP Servers (Answer Version – Optional Packet Tracer)

Answer Note: Red font color or gray highlights indicate text that appears in the Answer copy only. Optional activities are designed to enhance understanding and/or to provide additional practice.

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 address, Packet Tracer takes several seconds to simulate the DNS name resolution process.

Part 1: Configure FTP Services on Servers

Step 1: Configure the FTP service on CentralServer.

1. Click CentralServer > Services tab > FTP.
2. Click On to enable FTP service.
3. In User Setup, create the following user accounts. Click Add to add the account:
   

   Username	Password	Permissions
   anonymous	anonymous	limited to Read and List
   administrator	cisco	full permission

4. Configure the FTP service on BranchServer.Click the default cisco user account and click Remove to delete it. Close the CentralServer configuration window.

 

Step 2: Configure the FTP service on BranchServer.

Repeat Step 1 on BranchServer.

Part 2: Upload a File to the FTP Server

Step 1: 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.

1. Click Home Laptop and click the Desktop tab > Text Editor.
2. Open the README.txt file and review it. Close the Text Editor when done.
   • Note: Do not change the file because this affects scoring.
3. 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.
   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.

1. Repeat Step 1c to transfer the README.txt file to branchserver.pt.pka.
2. Close the Command Prompt and Home Laptop windows, respectively.

Part 3: Download a File from the FTP Server

Step 1: Transfer README.txt from CentralServer to PC2.

1. Click PC2 and click the Desktop tab > Command Prompt.
   1. Type ftp centralserver.pt.pka.
   2. The server prompts for a username and password. Use the credentials for the anonymous account.
   3. 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.
   4. Download the README.txt file: at the ftp> prompt, type get README.txt. The README.txt file is transferred to PC2.
   5. Verify that the anonymous account does not have the permission to write files to CentralServer by typing put sampleFile.txt. The following error message displays:

      • Writing file sampleFile.txt to centralserver.pt.pka:

      • File transfer in progress...

      • %Error ftp://centralserver.pt.pka/sampleFile.txt (No such file or directory Or Permission denied)

      • 550-Requested action not taken. permission denied).

   6. Close the FTP client by typing quit. The prompt returns to the PC> prompt.
   7. Verify the transfer of the file to PC2 by typing dir. README.txt is listed in the directory.
   8. Close the command line window.
2. In the Desktop tab, open the Text Editor and then the README.txt file to verify the integrity of the file.
3. Close the Text Editor and then the PC2 configuration window.

Step 2: Transfer the README.txt file from BranchServer to the Smart Phone.

Repeat Step 1 for Smart Phone, except download the README.txt file from branchserver.pt.pka.