FTP Server

[ramrod]

Hey guys my friend and i are wanting to share this new 250 gig hard drive i got and to do that we were wanting to setup an ftp server on one of the computer at my house. Thing i run into is Windows Server 2003 only seems to allow interanet network connections while my router kinda keeps anyone outside of the netwok from getting in can anyone lend me a hand or any ideas?

[Feedman]

Hey guys my friend and i are wanting to share this new 250 gig hard drive i got and to do that we were wanting to setup an ftp server on one of the computer at my house. Thing i run into is Windows Server 2003 only seems to allow interanet network connections while my router kinda keeps anyone outside of the netwok from getting in can anyone lend me a hand or any ideas?

Set up your router to map a port to your windows machine. Usually port 21. You will need to get a Dns address. I have used http://www.dyndns.org/ before. Good service. What is your net connection, it needs to be "online" all the time. Cable, Dsl.

Most Isp's limit your upload b/c they don't want people sharing data. You are prolly limited to 128 or 256k.....

After that, make the drive accessible by ftp on your server....please be aware this sets you up for all kinds of vulnerbilites. Please visit Microsoft.com to d/l the available patches/updates.

Good luck.... 8)

[ramrod]

thank yea kindly i tihnk im using charters 3meg cable service unelss my dad got it lowered

[ramrod]

do i need to assign a stack ip address to the computer runnign the ftp?

[RobbieNelson]

thank yea kindly i tihnk im using charters 3meg cable service unelss my dad got it lowered

That's 3 meg down with a 256K up... if it's like mine.

BTW... unless Charter has changed policies in the past couple of years, they forbid running any type of "server". You may wanna look into their "terms and conditions". They used to run checks for servers. How do I know.... I got busted for running a web server.

[C_Note]

I used to run an .asp server through Charter service, and they never said anything about it. But that was 4-5 years ago, so maybe they weren't as strict/concerned back then.

[Feedman]

thank yea kindly i tihnk im using charters 3meg cable service unelss my dad got it lowered

That's 3 meg down with a 256K up... if it's like mine.

BTW... unless Charter has changed policies in the past couple of years, they forbid running any type of "server". You may wanna look into their "terms and conditions". They used to run checks for servers. How do I know.... I got busted for running a web server.

Yea, they hate people running servers off of here service. It hogs ALOT of bandwitdh. It not only hurts them but every other user on your node. rememer, cable interenet is a shared service. You are on the same "network" as everyone else. So it will also dramaticlly affect everyone else....

To prevent users from running servers, they periodically change your ip address. The url I gave you above, can adapt to that...so its nothing that hinders your setup.... 8)

[ramrod]

hah thanks and i got it to work :-) now just gotta work out a few things

[kmfdmk]

what type of stuff are you going to be sharing? I have "3-Mbit" DSL that runs at around 5 -> 7Mbit, I can only upload around 50KB/s though... But I've got 100's of GB of stuff.. depending on what you want. What kinda UL/DL ratio you gonna setup?