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On this page we will go over the basics of connecting to your game servers ftp server.

==Overview==
Basically a FTP server will allow  you to access your servers files directly through a client, called an ftp client. This way of accessing the files will be a lot quicker, and easier to access them that through the file manager built into tcadmin. While file manager is nice for somethings, a FTP client will reign supreme most of the time. Now there are a couple different ways to do this. They are outlined below.

===Easier/less features way===
The easiest way is to just go to internet explorer and type in the following:
 <nowiki>ftp://username:password@ipaddress</nowiki>

That will connect you to your server. However this places some limits on what you can do, and honestly I just don't like it.

===The little harder, but probably better way!===
The better way would be to use an actual ftp client. The ftp client I use very often is called [http://filezilla-project.org/download.php FileZilla]. I find it very easy to use, and it works rather well (and its free!)

I will outline the few steps it will take to get connected with this.

1. Download and install it.

2. Open FileZilla up

3. Put your servers ip address in the host box.

4. Put your tcadmin username in the username box.

5. Put your tcadmin password in the password box.

6. Click quick connect. 

7. Done. The files on your game server will be displayed in the right column. 

====Adding your game server as a favorite====

1. Open FileZilla

2. Go to file->Site Manager

3. Click New site

4. Under the general tab, put your servers ip address under host.

5. Under logon type, click "Account"

6. Under user, put your tcadmin username.

7. Under password put your tcadmin password.

8. Under account, name it something.

9. Click connect.