# Difference between FTP and TFTP?

**URL:** <https://forumautomation.com/t/difference-between-ftp-and-tftp/272>\
**Category:** Industrial Networking\
**Created:** [February 26, 2015, 8:21am UTC](https://forumautomation.com/t/difference-between-ftp-and-tftp/272 "2015-02-26T08:21:31Z")\
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**Post date:** [February 26, 2015, 8:21am UTC](https://forumautomation.com/t/difference-between-ftp-and-tftp/272/1 "2015-02-26T08:21:32Z")

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FTP or TFTP connection is required when we want to access the switch through ethernet File Transfer Protocol(FTP): Username and password authentication required.Requires FTP server on the network.In the Enable-Privileged EXEC mode user can copy configuration to the flash using the command copy flash:config.text ftp:

TFTP: No authentication required.Requires TFTP server on the network.In the Enable-Privileged EXEC mode user can copy configuration to the flash using the command copy flash:config.text tftp: