Free FTP Server

[Paul Jr]

Salutations,

I am looking to download a free (must be free; I pay for nothing ;)) FTP server I can install on my computer. Since I'm frequently on other computers (since internet access on mine is inoperable), and I frequently need to modify/upload/download files on/to/from my server, I'm finding it a pain to walk to my computer, zip the necessary files, put 'em in a shared folder, walk back here, move them, and unzip them. So, that's where this nifty FTP server comes in handy.

Does anyone know of any good 'uns? I was looking at FileZilla (says it's an FTP server), but sourceforge.net is giving me guff.

[MstrBob]

The Filezilla FTP Server is available on a number of sites. Here's a list:

http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/filezilla/FileZilla_Server_0_9_2.exe?download

I, personally, like the Filezilla server. Got it with xampp, and never had an issue with it. My FTP client of choice, though, is HTML-Kit, but meh.

[ray326]

What OS? Win NT and later (with the exception of the toy OS, XP Home) come with FTP servers.

Keep trying with Filezilla, it's prolly your best bet. Another alternative would be to install Cygwin.

[Paul Jr]

It seems my internet was being... bad, which is why I couldn't connect to sourceforge.net. I finally managed to download FileZilla, install it, and I think it's running. I can connect to it from this other computer, so it seems to be functioning.


Now I have to figure out how to "use" it. :D


***EDIT***
OS is XP Home.

[MstrBob]

Tis easy to use. You have to open it up, create a username and give the user permissions. Than to connect you go to:

ftp://your.computer's.IP.address/

and use the username/password.

fun fun fun....

[Paul Jr]

Actually, I was able to connect without the ftp: part, just using the network IP worked.

[MstrBob]

meh, depends on the client you use.

[Paul Jr]

Heh, I'm using WS_FTP LE, since I use it on my computer, and I see no point in downloading something else when I have it anyways. I like it, too -- good program.

[PeOfEo]

Originally posted by Paul Jr
It seems my internet was being... bad, which is why I couldn't connect to sourceforge.net. I finally managed to download FileZilla, install it, and I think it's running. I can connect to it from this other computer, so it seems to be functioning.


Now I have to figure out how to "use" it. :D


***EDIT***
OS is XP Home. didn't I send you a copy of pro? Oh yeah I was supposed to ship that licenced copy that you were going to pay for with those mp3 cds that you bought from legitimate sources....

[PeOfEo]

Originally posted by MstrBob
Tis easy to use. You have to open it up, create a username and give the user permissions. Than to connect you go to:

ftp://your.computer's.IP.address/

and use the username/password.

fun fun fun.... actually you do not need that :ipaddress (btw its ftp://yourcomputer:ip)
but um, just in the router go into the server config (I know d-link has this) and set ftp connections that do not have a port specified in the url go to the default port which your server would run over.

http://quasi-ke.servebeer.com , not http://quasi-ke.servebeer.com:80

[MstrBob]

I never had to do anything of the like. Mine goes through the standard port, so I don't have to identify it. Basically, if my test server is running and I want to work on it from another computer, I simply go to the FTP program, put:

my.computer.ip.address

and my username and password. I was using this weird FTP I hadn't heard of on my friends computer, and I had to specify the ftp protocal, but that was just the program. Actually, since I can never remember my computer's IP, I got a one of those free domains to my computer. So I just do :

wdhaven.gotdns.com

To access it. No router configuration, no need to remember anything. The high point of laziness. :D

[PeOfEo]

Oh... I just do the protocal and url. You just do the url and port. I get it.

[Paul Jr]

And I just use the URL. ;)