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Posted by Bill M. on March 21, 2007, 12:28 pm
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On Wed, 21 Mar 2007 03:54:31 -0000, no@spam.invalid (Aamir) wrote:
>> Bill M.wrote:
>On Thu, 15 Mar 2007 01:00:43 -0000, no@spam.invalid
>> ..........................................
>> I only have experience with Serv-U, but WS_FTP Server is also
>popular,
>> as well as a large handful of free options.
>> If you have specific questions, fire away and someone will likely
>come
>> along to help. :-)
>> --
>> Bill
>ok i followed step by step and did everything BUT
>http://www.pcstats.com/articleview.cfm?articleid=1491&page=9
>i didn't understand what it says...
What exactly have you done so far? Have you selected an FTP
application? Have you installed and configured it, including setting
up at least one non-anonymous user account? Are you able to access it
from within your LAN, or even from the same PC that is running the FTP
application?
If all of those things have been completed successfully, you're ready
to access your router and forward the appropriate port to the PC
that's acting as your FTP server. The specific steps to do port
forwarding in your router will depend on the router, but basically
you're telling the router that if it receives a request on Port 21,
for example, it should forward that request to the IP address of the
FTP server. Otherwise, the router will simply block the connection.
Note that you don't necessarily have to use the default Port 21. Using
another obscure port will add a (very) small amount of security
through obscurity.
If you plan to keep your FTP server available across one or more PC
reboots, you might consider assigning a static IP address to that PC
to make sure that it doesn't receive a different IP (via DHCP) which
would cause the port forwarding rules to require a corresponding
change.
>Now what will be the address the other will use to access my files??
The address OTHERS will use to access your FTP server is your WAN IP
address, which can be found by surfing to a site such as
http://www.whatismyip.com. The address that YOU might use is your LAN
IP address, which is the same address you configured in the router
under the port forwarding tab. You should also be able to use your WAN
IP address for your local access, which is less efficient but ensures
that your port forwarding rule is correct.
Hope this helps.
--
Bill
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