Connecting Remotely

[aapp81]

This has been on my mind for the longest time. I've searched this forum and others and I still haven't found an answer.

What I want to do is connect w/ my home computer from any computer I'm at (work, school, friend's house, etc...). However, I want to avoid installing any 3rd party software on my PC and I'd like to do it through a browser like IE, FireFox, etc.

I don't need to be connected like VNC or any of those type of programs where you can see the desktop. All I want is remote access to my HDD content w/ the possibility of opening, deleting, editing, etc through either FTP or HTTP.

As well, I'm like to try to keep it as secure as possible w/ passwords and 1 user-access-at-a-time connection only.

I've been told by people that IIS in windows allows you to do this via FTP - but for the life of me, I cannot figure out how to get it working.

I'm running XP Pro SP2, Netgear router, and have the Windows firewall up along w/ Norton Internet Security (which seems to have its own firewall).

If anyone can shed some light on this I'd be very grateful.

Thanks!

[mjm1231]

I've never heard of IIS having a capability like that. The closest thing I can think of is Novell's iFolder, but that's an added application. They had a free demo of it running awhile back, and I'm surprised there aren't any companies offering this as an online service.

[aapp81]

Thanks for the answer but, perhaps I didn't word it like I should have. In a nutshell, I want to be able to open up a browser, type in ftp or (http) ://000.000.000.000 (my IP) and have access to my HDD's content. Sort of like me serving my own PC... (if you want to call it that)?

I mean, if I have to resort to software, then OK, but I'd prefer not too in order to save system resources and avoid having to purchase anything.

If anyone else can contribute, I would appreciate it.

Thanks again, 'mjm1231'

[brian873]

You should be able to do that via IIS's ftp feature. Setup FTP as per normal and setup access rights to your harddisk. I would not do this myself. But I would setup and area that you coud droop the fiiiles you need into. I would if i were you use some 3rd party FTP application. There are some good free ones out there and unless your system is being used for video editing the resource used are small.

You would need to forward the traffic from your router to the server remember.

Maybe another idea is use a USB pendrive ?

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