How to Use Comcast As an FTP Site

FTP websites begin with the prefix "ftp://," as opposed to the usual "http://."

File Transfer Protocol (FTP) allows you to send files to another computer over the Internet. You can utilize FTP through a website or a client (software installed on your computer that transfers the files). Comcast customers are given a free web page and an online file storage account. You can use this to share files via FTP.

Instructions

1. Visit the Comcast homepage (see Resources) in your web browser of choice and click "Sign In" in the upper right corner of the page. You will be redirected to the login page. Enter your username and password in the appropriate fields and click the "Sign In" button. You will be brought to your account's main page.

2. Click "Users & Settings" in the menu bar at the top of the page. You will be brought to the Manage My User Accounts page.

3. Click the "Edit" button next to "Personal Web Pages" in the "High-Speed Internet Settings" section of the page. A window appears. Select the "On" radio button and click the "Save" button to enable your personal Comcast web page. Click "OK" to close the resulting confirmation window.

4. Visit Comcast's Online Storage tutorial web page (see Resources). Click the "Upload Files" link. You will be brought to a new page; click the "Get Started" button. On subsequent logins you will be brought directly to the File Manager page.

5. Click a "Browse" button under "Choose a File." This opens a window. Select the file you wish to upload so it's highlighted and then click the "Open" button in the window. You can upload up to six files at once, each with a maximum size of 8 megabytes.

6. Select a directory where you want the file to be saved to in the "Existing Folders" drop-down menu. You can also create a new folder by entering its name in the appropriate field.

7. Click the "Upload" button. Your file will be uploaded to the Comcast File Manager.

8. Click "View & Manage Files" in the menu at the top of the File Manager page. This opens a menu where you can navigate to the file you just uploaded. Click the file's name to open the File Details window. If you added the file to a directory, double-click the directory's name, and then click the file's name to open it.

9. Click "Make File Public" under "File Options." This configures the system to allow the file to be shared.

10. Retrieve the file by accessing your online storage account again. Alternatively, you can enter the following URL in your web browser's address bar:

    https://home.comcast.net/~yourusername/yourfolder/yourfilename

    Replace "yourusername" with your Comcast.net username, "yourfolder" with the name of the folder in which you saved the file and "yourfilename" with the file's name. Entering this URL will open a prompt to download the file.

Tips & Warnings

• You have 1 gigabyte of total storage in your File Manager account.

References

• File Transfer Planet: FTP New User Guide

Resources

• Comcast: Home
• Comcast.net: Online Storage