Acsessing My Computer

[gooberguy]

I finally got broadband and my compter is on right now. Im at school and i know my ip Adress and i was wondering if it was possible to acsess my D: Drive from these computers. This computer is running windows 98 while my home commputer is running WIndows Xp pro. Thanks in Advance.

[mattyboy]

what really?Never heard of that , it would be cool.

[Faustus]

If you have XP pro at home you can turn on basic FTP though windows by installing it from the IIS section of the add/remove programs area.

Just be sure to turn off guest access. However I don't think you can have it just share a directory. I think what your sharing has to be inside a specific dir for it to work. There are other FTP programs that may work however.

[HillJack]

I finally got broadband and my compter is on right now. Im at school and i know my ip Adress and i was wondering if it was possible to acsess my D: Drive from these computers. This computer is running windows 98 while my home commputer is running WIndows Xp pro. Thanks in Advance.

Enable file/drive sharing in Windows and you can connect directly to your home drive with \\your.ip.address\sharename$ (though if you can, anyone can, and a simple Windows password won't help much). You'll have to open your firewall to allow your school's IP through though. This way is pretty stupid though - years ago a friend of mine enabled drive sharing, no password and no firewall... left the door wide-open for anyone to connect and download any files from his drives (which someone did, so he finally installed a firewall)

The best way is with an FTP server. Gene6 is a great choice for Windows imo.

[gummyAvenger]

The best way is with an FTP server. Gene6 is a great choice for Windows imo.

But unless you're using Secure FTP, your username and password will be sent in clear text over the network. Any script kiddie with a packet sniffer can see them.

[Dr. DOS]

VNC

http://www.realvnc.com/

PCAnywhere type of product... more than just accessing a server share.

[gooberguy]

The VNC thing looks cool, im trying it now! thanks for the help!

[rallynavvie]

VNC is good, but you can also use Remote Desktop built into XP Pro. There are clients for older Windows and even Mac clients for connecting to your RDP-enabled XP Pro system.

[Soopafresh]

The fastest VNC is at http://ultravnc.sourceforge.net

Download the program PLUS the VideoHook driver (VERY IMPORTANT)
That means 2 file downloads. Install UltraVnc, then install the hook.

The Video Hook reduces CPU utilization and speeds up remote connectivity.
I mean REALLY speeds up remote connectivity.

[gooberguy]

ACtually right now im using Serv-U, i got everything working and it seems good! thanks for the help!

[aanaravs]

ACtually right now im using Serv-U, i got everything working and it seems good! thanks for the help!

Can you describe the process in detail if possible? I am a uni student too and have been trying to remote connect for a long time, but have not been successful so far.

Thanks

[gooberguy]

im sorry i cant help you out aanaravs i just used the wizard in Serv-U and know nothing about FTp and stuff!

[Dr. DOS]

Loaded PCAnywhere last nite... seems to run good and I can connect to my work machine after logging into work VPN. However I also use (Remote Desktop) Terminal Services to work on a few servers and it is by far the fastest compared to PCAnyV11 and gotomypc.

[aanaravs]

gooberguy:

Did you have access to both the computers at the same time?