Server hard disk access through internet

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Skull3ye

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Hello everyone,

I have the following problem.
I have a computer, which is on 24/7 and which i would like to use as a file server in my home network. I want to be able to access these files from anywhere around the world, through the internet.
Now the problem, i have no clue what i need for that. What kind of software or so.

The computer is running on XP professional and is behind a router.

any tips or help are more then welcome :)

greetz,

Skull3ye
 
You could seup port forwarding and enable the remote desktop on the XP machine to allow you to login into the server from anywhere as if you where sat at it.

Google "Enable Remote Desktop" to turn this on on your machine, and post the make of your router so we can point you how to setup the port forward.



You could also setup a VPN server. Many top end(or mid end) routers have this available, and you effectively add a new connection in "my network places", and then connect to your network at home from anywhere. The machine you are then on becomes part of your network, and any network shares you have would be available to you (as would printers etc).

This is a little trickier to setup, and depends on the make of router.

There is some software available that creates a VPN server on XP I believe.....maybe worth a google.
 
Cheers for the answer! About the router that is the problem, its the router of my ISP its a netvigator. I've never heard of it before i moved to Hong Kong.
But I do know how to port foward that is not a problem.

I don't want to access the computer as if i was sitting at it. I couldn't remember how it was called before, FTP. (silly me)

Anyways i played around with it the whole day, and i am uncertain which software to use as a client software.

Could anyone point me out to a good one ?

Thanks again Lectrician.

Greetz,
Skull3ye
 
filezilla Server is a free ftp server you can use
Filezilla client is the software you use to connect to it.
 
remote desktop is an option but you can't copy files to the pc your working from than.

i usually keep a combo of remote desktop and ftp running. you'll have to forward ports 21 and 22 (ftp) and 3389 (remote desktop). Then like the others said google enabling remote desktop (under my computer properties). And download filezilla and set it up.
 
Vipernitrox said:
remote desktop is an option but you can't copy files to the pc your working from than.

i usually keep a combo of remote desktop and ftp running. you'll have to forward ports 21 and 22 (ftp) and 3389 (remote desktop). Then like the others said google enabling remote desktop (under my computer properties). And download filezilla and set it up.
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If you setup remote desktop accordingly, you can copy and paste between machines, and you can also show your computers drives on the remote desktop machine under MyComputer.
 
I was just going to post a question that seems like its the same as Skulleye's...only difference is that my router is a D-link DI-808HV which features a virtual server function as well as many other things. I have been messing with it for days and still have not been able to get anywhere.

From the replies here, should I download this filezilla? I wished to share files that I have on my hard drive with family members in different parts of the country and was hoping for them not to have to download a special program that they most likely will not know how to use.

Was hoping for them to be able to just type in a address in the browser and it would take them right into my network here and have access to my files.
 

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no no no no no no

go here

www.getdropbox.com

set up account, install client on all machines you want to share files to, and then sync files. It uses port 443 for authentication so its encrypted. No fancy router configs to do because its client based and over standard ports. It also runs both on Windows and OS X.

Problem solved.
 
tlarkin said:
no no no no no no

go here

www.getdropbox.com

set up account, install client on all machines you want to share files to, and then sync files. It uses port 443 for authentication so its encrypted. No fancy router configs to do because its client based and over standard ports. It also runs both on Windows and OS X.

Problem solved.
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Wouldn't that give the remote computer too much access to your system tho..and I know that a lot of the people in my family can barely check email, so I would want to keep it as simple as possible for them to connect to my machine. If they only have to type in a url and maybe a password...that would be ideal.
 
Black_Blade said:
Wouldn't that give the remote computer too much access to your system tho..and I know that a lot of the people in my family can barely check email, so I would want to keep it as simple as possible for them to connect to my machine. If they only have to type in a url and maybe a password...that would be ideal.
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Not even that, just launch the application and you can connect. On the web end you can authorize other accounts access to your files or folders you specify. For example, I have a folder called scripts in my dropbox and I have given access to all my co-workers accounts so they can grab them any time they need to, and I keep tossing more in there and updating them.

It works on Mac, Winders, and Linux.:D
 
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