I want to connect to the design file ftp server through my ISP. What IP address should I specify in the Fabricate request?
If you have a static IP address (always the same), you can just use that address. If your ISP assigns you a different IP address for each session, you must find out the IP address assigned to your session. You can then specify this IP address in your Fabricate request and send your design file from the same session. A simple way to discover your IP address is to try to login to ftp.design.mosis.com. The design file server’s greeting will tell you what IP address the connection was from. Note that your client must be configured to display server responses or you won’t see the greeting message. If your ISP assigns you a different IP address for each FTP connection, the procedure is more complicated. First, fill in a Fabricate web form with all information except the sending IP address. Then connect to ftp.design.mosis.com, but do not login (don’t give user or password yet). The design file server’s greeting will tell you what IP address the connection was from. (Note that your client mus
