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| But if you are behind NAT router, it would return only the local network address. Then you need to check //Use following external IP address// and fill your external IP address in the box below. You can find your external IP address using many online services, like [[http://whatsmyip.net/|whatsmyip.net]] or [[https://www.google.com/search?q=what+is+my+ip|Google]]. | But if you are behind NAT router, it would return only the local network address. Then you need to check //Use following external IP address// and fill your external IP address in the box below. You can find your external IP address using many online services, like [[http://whatsmyip.net/|whatsmyip.net]] or [[https://www.google.com/search?q=what+is+my+ip|Google]]. | ||
| - | ===== Connections ===== | + | ===== [[connections]] Connections ===== |
| Use //When %%SFTP%% connection is rejected, knock %%FTP%% port// to make WinSCP automatically try to detect, if server supports FTP protocol((For detection, WinSCP tries to open port ''21'' (immediately closing it, if succeeds) on the remote host. WinSCP does not send any data to the host.)), when SFTP connection fails. This is to help novice users, who do not realize that WinSCP defaults to the %%SFTP%% (contrary to most other file transfer clients). | Use //When %%SFTP%% connection is rejected, knock %%FTP%% port// to make WinSCP automatically try to detect, if server supports FTP protocol((For detection, WinSCP tries to open port ''21'' (immediately closing it, if succeeds) on the remote host. WinSCP does not send any data to the host.)), when SFTP connection fails. This is to help novice users, who do not realize that WinSCP defaults to the %%SFTP%% (contrary to most other file transfer clients). | ||
| ===== Further Reading ===== | ===== Further Reading ===== | ||
| Read more about [[ui_preferences|Preferences dialog]] and its other [[ui_preferences#pages|pages]]. | Read more about [[ui_preferences|Preferences dialog]] and its other [[ui_preferences#pages|pages]]. | ||