Accessing Files on Computer Externally

[darkchicken101]

I have a file server at home which is networked so all the other PCs can access the files on it.

What would be the best way of accessing these files through the internet? I want to be able to access music etc stored on that PC at school, for example, so I cannot use any programs like PcAnywhere to do this.

What should I do?

[Recursion]

Try Orb.com it has an online "panel" so you can watch videos etc etc... I use it on my phone and my iPod.

[N!ck]

On a friend's pc I set up an apache and made the directoary in apache to the folder where all his stuff was and set a password on apache. He then acesses it by either his IP address or a DNS made on dyndns.com It works for streaming music and films by opening the address in WMP.

[Leetzgirl]

Teamviewer.com

File share i suppose

[darkchicken101]

On a friend's pc I set up an apache and made the directoary in apache to the folder where all his stuff was and set a password on apache. He then acesses it by either his IP address or a DNS made on dyndns.com It works for streaming music and films by opening the address in WMP.

Sounds like a plan. How would I:

- Configure Apache to use my music folder as its directory instead of the default httpdocs folder?

- Set up DynDns? I would want to access it at something like 'music.megageorge.dyndnsdomain.com'.

- Use a different port externally instead of port 80? I would like to go to a different port, like 53350 but then my router translates this internally to port 80. I know it is possible using an IP (127.0.01:53350, for example) but does the same method work for a URL?

Thanks N!ck

[Recursion]

Sounds like a plan. How would I:

- Configure Apache to use my music folder as its directory instead of the default httpdocs folder?

- Set up DynDns? I would want to access it at something like 'music.megageorge.dyndnsdomain.com'.

- Use a different port externally instead of port 80? I would like to go to a different port, like 53350 but then my router translates this internally to port 80. I know it is possible using an IP (127.0.01:53350, for example) but does the same method work for a URL?

Thanks N!ck

Change the home directory in the Apache config file.

I would personally use no-ip.org

Change the port in the Apache config file then forward the port on your router.

[N!ck]

Sounds like a plan. How would I:

- Configure Apache to use my music folder as its directory instead of the default httpdocs folder?

- Set up DynDns? I would want to access it at something like 'music.megageorge.dyndnsdomain.com'.

- Use a different port externally instead of port 80? I would like to go to a different port, like 53350 but then my router translates this internally to port 80. I know it is possible using an IP (127.0.01:53350, for example) but does the same method work for a URL?

Thanks N!ck

In the apache config file you can change the directory.

On dyndns you need to set it up to your ip. If i remember correctly you're using BeThere so you'll need to choose the dynamic IP option when setting up dyndns and in the BeBox's configuration there is a setting for using a DNS service like dyndns that means whenever your IP changes it will automatically uptate dyndns. Your dns can be alsorts of things, for instance mine is something like nick.is-a-geek.com, but my account seems to have been deleted as i've not used it for a while :(.

Yes, you can do that with the ports, but what i found with my old school was that they only allowed traffic on port 80.