ftp log on--how to set up?

Question

i basically want to enter my exteral ip address and have port 21 open to my computers ip address and get to a folder on my computer i have set up to acces form a web bowser (ftp://197.88.11.12) ie... i have downloaded microsoft IIS wih ftp add on, how do i set this up

Answer 1

I suggest you don't allow FTP to be open. Instead use SFTP so that your transmission of data and your username and password are not sent over the internet without encryption.



Install this SFTP server component to your computer running IIS: http://sshwindows.sourceforge.net/ Disable or uninstall your previously mentioned FTP solution. Getting it set up should be simple enough by following this tutorial: http://chinese-watercolor.com/LRP/printsrv/cygwin-sshd.html



Consider any firewall rules you need to set on the host machine, running IIS and the SFTP server as well as any router on your network. The firewall on the client machine is also to be considered.



The last thing needed is an SFTP enabled client application. I strongly suggest Filezilla client for that. Good luck and safe computing!



If you still insist on FTP then see this document: http://www.htmlcenter.com/blog/ftp-vs-sftp/



Edit:

SFTP uses port 22 to initiate the communication. Your router would have to forward that port to your web server running IIS.



I'm not sure what you are trying to achieve by placing a USB drive in the Router. Most likely that would be done if you are trying to make files available to all that visit your intranet home network.



I doubt this website you are setting up is going to be used for production or company use. I suggest if it is for development that you consider Dropbox. It will remove your need for SFTP. You could either move the wwwroot folder to within the Dropbox folder or use symbolic links to have the folder existing physically in Dropbox but still serving IIS. This way you can edit files on a remote machine and the updated effects are immediate once the file is saved and synced with Dropbox. If you want to run a really simple HTML and CSS site as well you can use Dropbox's "Public" folder. Just drop the website folder structure in there and visit the public link to the index.html file and the entire site will be essentially published for public. http://forums.dropbox.com/topic.php?id=15251

Answer 2

What are the permission of the information exported through iWeb? (both ls -l through Terminal.app, or Get information in Finder) Did you're trying yet another FTP customer? perhaps that is something with CaptainFTP. YummyFTP has a free trial era. perhaps the priority is with the folder you're sending the information into, using your FTP customer. once you've shell get admission to on your GoDaddy listing, ought to you ls -la that listing, and paste the outcome the following?

Answer 3

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