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Tutorial: Transferring Files using FTP

To transfer data from the M300 Data Acquisition System to another computer is possible using the FTP protocol (network port 21). The M300 will be referred to as the "client" and the other computer is the "server".

Server Configuration

We will use a Linux computer for the FTP server. See set-up-an-ftp-server for information on setting up vsftp on Ubuntu Linux.

To test that the vsftp server is installed:

 which vsftpd

To check that the vsftp server is running and the ftp port is open, locally:

 nmap -p 21 localhost

To check that the vsftp server is running and the ftp port is open, remotely:

 nmap -p 21 999.999.999.999

where 999.999.999.999 is the IP address of the vsftp server.