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From your webspace provider you will be given:
*FTP server '''Host name''' (this is the name that is equivalent to the w.x.y.z format Internet Protocol version 4 (=IP) address in the screen-shot below - see the notes below it) (N.B. Some servers might have several names at a single IP location). In establising a connection to a host name, Cumulus will contact the domain name server (=DNS) your system uses to convert the name you specify to the IPv4 address that enables the connection to be made; that step not needed if IPv4 used directly.
*'''FTP Port''' (in most cases port 21 is reserved for file transfer clients)
*'''username''' (controls access to the directories you can update)
Do check with any provider that they let you FTP files with at least all the following extensions:
* .txt (critical for real time processing, steel series guages and similar) and .css (defines look for web pages)
* .htm and .html (
* optionally .php if you might use that
* .json (essential for Cumulus MX)
* .js (script files)
* .bmp, .png, .gif, .jpg (and any other graphic formats you might use)
* audio and video mime types (
= Folders and Files to Transfer =
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