Attempt 3: Filezilla

[massahwahl]

So in my quest to share my hdd online via an ftp server I found filezilla which looks the most promising of all other methods i have tried so far. What I am confused by is how to set it up for the first time. Is this only to connect to an ftp server not to make a drive someone else can connect to? Has anyone ever set this up before with a linksys router and how? I dont know what ports i need to have forwarded and also how to setup my firewall correctly. When I run the test it keeps saying there is an error with my router/firewall. Also do I need a static IP to make this work?

 

[axgrinder73]

You do not need a static address from your IP. You do however, need to assign a static address to the computer that will be running the FTP server.

If you are running XP pro (XP home wont work) you can run a FTP server right on there. Be prepared, My ftp server was up for three days and people were already trying to hack it.

As far as a firewall and port forwarding, I recomend Smoothwall. It's a Linux based firewall that will run on an old pc. You can easily port forward and protect the rest of your network.

 

[Krak]

If this is just to let a few friends nab some stuff off your PC or to serve files every once in a while you can use XAMPP. Typically XAMPP is for apache and mysql but it also has a mail server AND an ftp server (using filezilla).

Download XAMPP and just choose not to install the others. XAMPP will install a control panel for ya, with a simple start/stop ftp server button. Configuration is easy and you can start/stop it anytime you want.