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5.2 When SFTP connection is rejected, knock FTP port. If open suggest using FTP protocol. (martin) Further reading final (Petr)
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===== 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'' (immeditelly 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 SFTP (contrary to most other file transfer clients). &beta_feature 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'' (immeditelly 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 SFTP (contrary to most other file transfer clients). &beta_feature
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 +===== Further Reading =====
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 +Read more about [[ui_preferences|Preferences dialog]] and its other [[ui_preferences#tabs|tabs]].

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