How can I start my own FTP?

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I wanted to do this for school, and such, and I wanted to know what program was the best. My friend (who is a newb at this) reccommends Serv-U, but it only has a 30-day trial period and I can't even get that to work. I checked sourceforge.net, but I dont understand any of that. stuff, it's like a foreign language! :indiff:

I'll also need help setting it up, so expect follow-up questions.
 
I can't get my server running! I've tried WarDaemon and Serv-U and it just wont start! Port 21 is open, the domain is registered, I have directupdate going, and I've even tried it with my firewall off and it still wont connect! any ideas? Is it my router? I have a linksys.
 
Have you gone into your router settings and typed in to open port 21.

Free FTP servers - http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=free+ftp+server

Here is the screen I am talking about. It is under your routers IP address in IE.
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cardude2004
Have you gone into your router settings and typed in to open port 21.
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That was the first thing I did (actually, it was already open...)
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I host my own FTP server on the weekends. It's extremely simple, if you don't make stupid errors like allow any and all users full access. If I were you, just go get BulletProof FTP, it's the best FTP server program out there, and best of all it's fungally free. :D

My good friend, Tenseiken, on Gamingforce has a super-fantastic tutorial on how to set it up as well. GO HERE!!!
 
Is your school on a network, that networks all the computers in the room?

I suggest Server 2000. Load that up, then go to Add/Remove Programs, then in the left toolbar click "Add/Remove Windows Components". Find "Networking Services" and tick it, then click "Next >". You may have to put your Windows 2000 CD in, so if it asks for that, do it. You may need to find a certain driver but that's easy enough - click on the "browse" button and then just click through the CD until you find it.

In the Control Panel > Administrative Tools there's something called "Internet Information Service". In there there's an option to set up an FTP. In the left hand side there's a "default FTP" or something similar, right click on that and then find "New" in the menu, and click "FTP". You'll have to know a few things like the IP address of your computer, and other simple stuff that you should know, but it's a fairly straight-forward procedure.

I don't know how detailed this is, so if I've left anything out, please don't hesitate to pull me up on it. If you encounter problems, Event Horizon, let me know and I'll consult my notes. :sly:
 
You've all covered just about everything... I will, however, add a little thing -

FileZilla... Absolutely free and opensource.. Comes in both server and client versions. We've replaced every instance of CuteFTP here at wrrk with FileZilla - It's THAT good !....

FileZilla Linkage
 
toyomatt84
I host my own FTP server on the weekends. It's extremely simple, if you don't make stupid errors like allow any and all users full access. If I were you, just go get BulletProof FTP, it's the best FTP server program out there, and best of all it's fungally free. :D

My good friend, Tenseiken, on Gamingforce has a super-fantastic tutorial on how to set it up as well. GO HERE!!!
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Well, it says BFTP is free for the first 15 days. what gives?

Flerbizky
You've all covered just about everything... I will, however, add a little thing -

FileZilla... Absolutely free and opensource.. Comes in both server and client versions. We've replaced every instance of CuteFTP here at wrrk with FileZilla - It's THAT good !....

FileZilla Linkage
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That was the first one I tried. I have no idea what to do at all with that program... :dunce:

I got the ftp up through Serv-U. sortof... It says the server is online, but when I try to access it, it wont work. Not on my computer, not on the family computer, not even at school. It just times out. any ideas?
 
I got the server up using BulletproofFTP using that awsome tutorial supplied by toyomatt and I get this message after trying to access it:
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My friend can't access it either. It times out afterwards. any ideas?
 
Check out what port you have BPFTP going through. The stock port is 21 so you might need to make sure your router has that port forwarded to your pc. Other than that, make sure your buddy uses something like SmartFTP or another FTP Client, because it usually will need to be NOOP capable. NOOP is just like a re-open command that keeps the connection between their pc and yours. It occurs every so often.
 
If you go up you can see that he has port 21 forwarded, but I don't know if it is the correct protocol or anything. I have never understood this port forwarding thing.
 
Could it be that your ISP does not allow accessing port 21 to prevent people form running FTP servers? Try running it on a port other than 21.

But then you still should have been able to access it from the local machine, right? Or no?
 
Flerbizky
You've all covered just about everything... I will, however, add a little thing -

FileZilla... Absolutely free and opensource.. Comes in both server and client versions. We've replaced every instance of CuteFTP here at wrrk with FileZilla - It's THAT good !....

FileZilla Linkage
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I suggest using this, it's what I use, it's really simple and works a treat :D
 
skip0110
Could it be that your ISP does not allow accessing port 21 to prevent people form running FTP servers? Try running it on a port other than 21.

But then you still should have been able to access it from the local machine, right? Or no?
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You are right. You still have to be able to access it from your local machine. You can't put anything on it if you can't access it. He should be able to change the port, but so will everybody else.



Blake
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You've all covered just about everything... I will, however, add a little thing -

FileZilla... Absolutely free and opensource.. Comes in both server and client versions. We've replaced every instance of CuteFTP here at wrrk with FileZilla - It's THAT good !....

FileZilla Linkage

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I suggest using this, it's what I use, it's really simple and works a treat :D
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Is this FTP upload software, or actual FTP server hosting software?
 
Well, I got it working somehow. I was always forwarding port 21. That was not the problem. I enabled the "Allow NOOP command" in the user preferences and it let me in. Thanks toyomatt for even mentioning NOOP. I knew I saw it somewhere. Also, thank you for giving me the link to bulletproof ftp and that tutorial. I could not have done this without you.

If anybody wants, PM me and I can set you up with a temporary username and password.

EDIT: nevermind, it seems I am the only one who can acces it. :indiff: Looks like more work for me...
 

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