Id like to make my own storage that people can download from ( look inside )

[~HeavenSent~]

OK i would like to make my own FTP from a home setup if it is pos,

What i would like to do is basically have a hard drive in my home (A big one) that i can store programs ect ect so people can download from it from the internet if they have the links,

Basically i don't want to pay a big price for a unlimited ftp i want to make my own!



Can it be done?

 

[Kaori]

of course.

do you plan to let people upload?
if not, IIS is probably your easiest option. (web instead of ftp)

1. Get a dyndns/no-ip thingy if you have a dynamic ip.
2. Install IIS (comes with xp/vista)
3. In IIS manager setup a directory as a virtual directory eg /stuff that points to your C:\where your stuff is\
4. Now your friends should be able to goto http://your web address/stuff/ and see a directory listing.

for FTP, IIS has it but I don't remember the details... Serv-U is my favourite FTP Server.

 

[~HeavenSent~]

Im running Vista Black & no i would not like people to upload to it id only have access from my pc,

Now i haven't got a static ip but my conn is running off a rotter will that work & could you give me some more info ty.

 

[Kaori]

you still have to find out if you have a static ip

setup your dyndns or no-ip anyway... so your users will use a domain name instead of an ip.

forward your router port 80 to your computer port 80.

start sharing your stuff.

 

[~HeavenSent~]

So if i put a set of mirfiles on to it people can download from the Hard drive?
Will this slow my computer & internet speed? & will the downloader get a good download speed to?




ps. ty for the help.

 

[mapadale]

So if i put a set of mirfiles on to it people can download from the Hard drive?
Will this slow my computer & internet speed? & will the downloader get a good download speed to?




ps. ty for the help.

Yes it will, as you are activerly allowing people to download from your connection and as long as you have a decent machine with around 2gb mem and 2.4ghz cpu it shouldn't slow it down to much. Though not a great idea to use the same machine you use for surfing the net with.

 

[JealY]

Can always use apache also, which can also be used as a webserver :]

 

[Kaori]

So if i put a set of mirfiles on to it people can download from the Hard drive?
Will this slow my computer & internet speed? & will the downloader get a good download speed to?

Yes you have to map your directory... C:\stuff to http://something/stuff

Do a speedtest, then cap the upload speed based on the speedtest. This way, your leechers won't eat up your connection. Otherwise, 2+ simultaneous downloads will slow your internet down.

Any computer nowadays can host a web/ftp server without slowing down the computer.

PS: Non Windows Server machines (xp/vista?) have a limit of 10 simultaneous connections on IIS.

 

[~HeavenSent~]

ill be running it on a 2nd pc that will be running win server 2003.

ty for all the info.

 

[Elijah]

ill be running it on a 2nd pc that will be running win server 2003.

ty for all the info.

Buy some web hosting, unless you have a really high upload speed, which you probably won't.

If you have the same crap upload speed i have, people will be downloading from your computer at like 50kb/s. That's also with only one person downloading.

Infact, if you want to have somewhere to host your mir files, i have web hosting that can be used.

/Ash

-The problem with most peoples connection is that they have 1000kb/s or so download speeds, but have terrible upload speeds, so while you may be able to download at 1000kb/s, you may find you can only upload at 50kb/s, so limiting downloaders to get info from you at 50kb/s, where they could get their full 1000kb/s from even a terrible web hoster.

Thats also linked into why alot of people get dedicated places with a high upload speeds to run their Mir Sever, as the problem with hosting at home, is the Upload speed. Usualy anyway.

 

[Amenovis]

mhh also an easy way of doing it is XAMPP it makes ur pc to a webserver. if u wanna give ppl only 1 time a download u not need to use a dyndns.org account or something.

install xampp put the file that u wanna give to other ppl in the HTDOCS folder and give the link the one u wanna give the file (also work with static ip or dyndns.org) the link looks like (http://urIP/xyz.rar) if u wanna give him xyz.rar

 

[Far]

isnt xamp for linux? i cld be wrong. i thought it was just wamp for windows machines.

 

[Kaori]

don't really need xampp, as iis is already there and it's quite easy to configure.

apache is good too. But for this purpose, IIS is still easier.