Sending Large Files From Campus

Files can be uploaded to the anonymous ftp server and retrieved from on campus with windows file sharing.

To upload files:

Open up Windows Explorer(any regular folder will work) and in the address bar type:ftp://ftp.science.oregonstate.edu

Double click on the "incoming" folder.

Drag files to upload into the folder.

Files can only be uploaded with ftp using the folder view, but they can be downloaded with any web browser(firefox, internet explorer, safari, etc.).

To retrieve files:

From on campus, open a web browser and in the address bar type: \\ftp.science.oregonstate.edu

Double click on the "incoming" folder.

Drag files to a local folder or click on the file to download(right-click, save-as/save target as).

NOTE: You can also use any other FTP client to connect to ftp.science.oregonstate.edu for uploading, and any other windows file sharing client (such as MacOS finder or unix smbclient) to retrieve files from on campus. Note that files uploaded to the ftp site are automatically DELETED after 7 days.