WinSCP is an open source free SFTP client, SCP client, FTPS client and FTP client for Windows.

Most people use vi as the text editor during configuration of embedded device. I hate to use vi, in which I have to memorize all the commands. Whereas WinSCP is a GUI (Graphical User Interface) program where you can edit your file like notepad. Additionally you can use WinSCP to download and upload files including settings of permission.

TP_LINK TL-WRT1043ND router and OpenWRT is use in this tutorial.

Most of the time, I use both WinSCP (Windows Secure CoPy) & PuTTY together, especially when work with Openwrt and DD-Wrt. It is very troublesome to start each program individually. So I decided to integrate PuTTY into WinSCP.

WinSCP is an open source free SFTP client, SCP client, FTPS client and FTP client for Windows.

http://winscp.net/

PuTTY is a free implementation of Telnet and SSH for Windows and Unix platforms.

http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/

I would suggest to download the portable version for both WinSCP & Putty. With the portable version, you can easily copy WinSCP & PuTTY from one computer to another computer without erase the settings.

Here is the link for partable WinSCP & Putty:

http://portableapps.com/news/2012-07-29--winscp-portable-4.3.9-released

My previous article Control Arduino via PHP (EasyPHP) control Arduino from a computer with web server. Another article Control Arduino with TP-Link TL-WR1043ND Router which the Arduino is connecting to the router, but it is not safely to control over the internet.