
TCP, FTP, Telnet, and NTP Concepts
114071 Rev. A 2-7
The interface between TCP and programs that use TCP consists of a set of
messages exchanged between the clients and TCP, and a set of functions and
macros that user programs call to exchange TCP messages. These programs use
the functions and macros to
• Open, close, abort, and get the status of connections
• Control the flow of data
• Encapsulate data for TCP to transmit
• Process received TCP data
When a program passes data to TCP, the TCP layer formats the data and calls on
the IP layer to transmit the data to its destination.
For information on creating TCP on the router, see Chapter 1. For information on
editing TCP parameters, see Chapter 3.
FTP Overview
The File Transfer Protocol allows files to be transferred from a server to an FTP
client or from an FTP client to the server. FTP ensures the integrity of data
transferred from one system to another.
Using FTP, you can log in to a remote host, identify yourself, list remote
directories, copy files to or from the remote host, and execute a few simple
commands remotely.
When you enable FTP on the router, you can:
• Download files from a host system to a remote router and retrieve files from
the router
• Examine the directory listing of files on the remote router
• Delete files on the remote router
As network administrator, you use Site Manager to create the FTP server on the
router and edit FTP server parameters. For complete information and instructions,
refer to Chapter 4.
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