Some basic questions on File Adapter

Hello all,
I have some basic questions on XI and File Adapter and hope you can help me. Any answer is appreciated.
1. Can I use NFS transport protocol to poll a file from a machine in the network, which is not the XI? Or do I have to use FTP instead?
2. If I understand it correctly - when using the FTP-File Adapter, XI has the role of a ftp client. I have to run a ftp server on my distant machine. XI connects to FTP-Server and polls the file.
Can it also be configured the other way round? The scenario I think of would be: FTP client installed on distant machine, which connects to FTP-Server(XI) and loads up a file. So XI would act as FTP Server.
I know this works, if I install a ftp Server on the computer my XI runs on, and use the NFS-File Adapter to observe the folder. But I want to know, if I need a second, independant ftp server for this.
3. And last but not least: When do I need the active ftp mode instead of passive?
Thanx a lot for your answers!
Ilona

> Hello all,
> I have some basic questions on XI and File Adapter
> and hope you can help me. Any answer is appreciated.
>
>
> 1. Can I use NFS transport protocol to poll a file
> from a machine in the network, which is not the XI?
yes
> Or do I have to use FTP instead?
>
also you can do it
> 2. If I understand it correctly - when using the
> FTP-File Adapter, XI has the role of a ftp client. I
> have to run a ftp server on my distant machine. XI
> connects to FTP-Server and polls the file.
> Can it also be configured the other way round? The
> scenario I think of would be: FTP client installed on
> distant machine, which connects to FTP-Server(XI) and
> loads up a file. So XI would act as FTP Server.
> I know this works, if I install a ftp Server on the
> computer my XI runs on, and use the NFS-File Adapter
> to observe the folder. But I want to know, if I need
> a second, independant ftp server for this.
>
XI cannot act as FTP server, but it is always a client. When XI is reading (File sender adpater) when XIis writing than it is File Receiver adapter
> 3. And last but not least: When do I need the active
> ftp mode instead of passive?
>
It depends on your firewall configuration. The best and the fastests is active mode but not always available.
> Thanx a lot for your answers!
> Ilona

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>
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