Get your own copy of the Fetch FTP program for Macintosh One of the things that computer networks do is to move computer files between computers. Even though there are more sophisticated ways of doing it now, FTP is the method that works in the greatest number of situations. You don't have to worry about the server, but you do have to worry about the client. There are two different types of FTP clients, command-line programs and graphical programs. Also, Windows 98 and Windows 2000 come with a command-line program, not surprisingly called FTP.EXE, which you can access from the Run item of the Start button.
Graphical programs display the remote computer with familiar icons of folders and trees.
There is a third way to get and send files with FTP, and that is using a web browser such as Netscape. Below is a table that shows the possibilities. Unix each use a different one. Word processor files are not actually text files, so you should use binary mode for them. If you are having trouble accessing the Bigstats server, try the alternate method .