Brando writes: (snip)
A buddy and myself have a plethera of music to share with all those out there, but we are still attempting to setup a server for download. Is it possible to serve on one pc and map drives from other computers to become available for download? any info would be great! (Snip) A very good question... and you will be happy to know the answer is yes. Your first step is getting those 2 PC's to talk to each other. There are many different ways to accomplish this task. Are the two computers on the same network? Are they networked at all? Hehe.. lets start from the beginning. If you want to hardwire the two PC's together you will need a hub, preferably a switch, don't go less than 100 MB, and gigabit is nice if you can afford it. Another great way to network PC's together if they are close, even if they aren't actually, is using 802.11 wireless networking. Since you are only sharing the files via ftp and not copying huge volumes of music from one pc to the other, this may be a great solution for you. Wireless is currently 11 MB, but 50 MB 802.11b is coming very soon! Anyway, I digress... After you have gotten file sharing setup between the two PC's and you can see files in the Network Places folder in windows, there is one more step most FTP servers will need before you can share. You will need to map the drive... as most FTP programs I've seen will NOT connect to a Windows real name convention... I.E. - //jimmys_server/ftp/shins In order to map a drive in Windows, you must right click a shared folder within the Network Places folder. Select map network drive, and pick a drive letter. Then don't forget to make sure the reconnect at login button is selected. Then all you need to do is set up your ftp server to share that drive as you would any other local resource. Good luck! Let us know how it goes. -E WOB: 1st person to log in can grab a show from me. Please be able to pull at least 40K or I may have to yell at you.... lol ;) Shin.serveftp.com Login: free Pass: bee -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of brando dvorak Sent: Saturday, March 30, 2002 3:37 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [etrade] server setup A buddy and myself have a plethera of music to share with all those out there, but we are still attempting to setup a server for download. Is it possible to serve on one pc and map drives from other computers to become available for download? any info would be great! Brando Yahoo! Greetings - send holiday greetings for Easter, Passover http://greetings.yahoo.com/ _______________________________________________ etree.org etrade mailing list <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe go to: http://mail.etree.org/mailman/listinfo/etrade Need help? Ask <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> _______________________________________________ etree.org etrade mailing list <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe go to: http://mail.etree.org/mailman/listinfo/etrade Need help? Ask <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
