Overview of all configuration files (cont.) HOST_CONFIG This tells AFD something about the destination, mainly the hostname: dwd:ftp.dwd.de::::2:10:300:4096:10:-2:120:0:0:0:0:0:0:0:0:0:0:0 austria:x.x.x.x::::1:10:30:4096:10:-1:30:0:0:0:0:0:0:0:0:0:60:0 congo:x.x.x.x::::4:10:360:4096:10:-2:120:0:0:0:0:0:0:0:0:0:0:0 Don't worry, there is a graphical user interface edit_hc that helps you to modify this file. Full documentation can be found here: http://www.dwd.de/AFD/html-en/host_config.html http://www.dwd.de/AFD/html-en/edit_hc.html