My own FTP Server?

[kimosabe]

Hey guys, quick question.

How do I go about starting my own server that would be accessible through FTP that way I can back up my files to this server, and FTP to it from another location or PC to download files?

I'm not really that bright when it comes to networking or FTP and such. Any help would be great.

 

[Littlemiss]

Let me ask this question first

What do you want to backup you Xbox, Other PC's, ...etc...

 

[kimosabe]

Mostly XBOX files that I could use to rebuild hard drive such as dashboards, emus, apps, and maybe some other files that I found hard to find.

 

[Catalyst]

You mean accross the internet right?

Ok, that's pretty simple. Alls you need is a FTP program

Cerberus is good.

http://www.cerberusftp.com/download.htm#download

I think Apache has one too.

I use WS_FTP

http://www.ipswitch.com/purchase/products/ws_ftp_server.asp

I can get you a copy if you like...

Anyway, you load up the server and they all have a GUI that goes through what files you want to share...

The two important things are what you're sharing and what permissions you have. Be sure to make accounts for logging into your server and have good complex passwords for getting in!! Don't use the default settings your you'll get hacked!!

Now, once your done messing with that, be sure your firewall allows ports 21 and 20
http://slacksite.com/other/ftp.html

Then go here

http://www.dyndns.com/

It's a free DNS service. This will allow you to get a URL for your home PC free of charge... it'll be kimosabeisgay.homeip.net or something like that.

Then your pretty much done. Now just go to your highschool computer lab and ftp some of that midget p*rn you got and start sticking it in everyone elses 'My Pictures' and you're good to go!!

Remember, once you set it up you can ftp from any PC using the command prompt. So any PC anywhere can be used to access your stuff!! Yeah fun!!

 

[Littlemiss]

Keep in mind that most companies filter out FTP traffic
Meaning that you have to be in a special security group to access internet FTP

So if you try from a location and it does not work then don't be so quick to blame your setup

Also I use bullet proof FTP Server URL Below
http://www.bpftpserver.com/

Site Lutions For Dyanmic DNS Updates
http://www.sitelutions.com/

If you have an ISP that changes your IP Address a lot and your router does not support Dynamic DNS For you then you may also need this program called direct update
http://www.directupdate.net/

Direct Update works with many DNS Hosters and it will update your public IP address that is given to you by your ISP automatically when it changes
DNS is how your PC knows that when you type in google.com what its IP is

So let's say you have a host name that you are using for FTP called ftp.name.com and it has your public IP assigned to it
If your IP changes and you do not have something making that chnage to DNS then users will start to fail to reach your site until your IP has been updated

That is were routers that can do Dynamic DNS or programs like direct update come in handy they will do this update for you

Also if you are goign to be doing this for a long term you may want to register your own domain I think they go for about 30.00 for a year that way you can get a domain name that you like rather than a subdomain from someone else

name.com this would be a root domain
name.red.com the would be a sub domain since red.com is actually doing the hosting for you

It is all in what you would like to do

 

[Catalyst]

name.com this would be a root domain
name.red.com the would be a sub domain since red.com is actually doing the hosting for you

It is all in what you would like to do

red.com would be the root and name.red.com would be the sub...

Other than that... great info!!

Also, you'd be suprised how many companies don't block ftp...

 

[Littlemiss]

Darn cannot beleive I did that Thanks For the correction