How to Make an FTP Site
File Transfer Protocol, or FTP sites are fairly common today in the world of high-speed internet and constant downloads. Essentially, what an FTP site allows you to do is to transfer files from one computer to another via a remote "dial-in" process. Making your own FTP site is relatively easy and can be performed by any novice networking engineer.
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Instructions
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Connect the computer to the internet and turn it on. Click on "Start" and then "Run." Type the word "command" into the box and then hit enter. In the MS-DOS prompt that opens, type in "ipconfig" and hit enter. Write down the IP address listed for your computer.
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Download one of the FTP server softwares from the link in Resources and follow the onscreen instructions to begin the setup process. When prompted for the IP Address for the FTP site, type in the address you wrote down from Step 1.
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Click "Finish" after the setup process has completed and then determine what username and password you will use for your FTP site. This is the information that you should give to the users of your FTP site. To use your FTP site, a person at another computer will type your IP address into a web browser and navigate to your computer. Then she will be prompted to supply the username and password, and after doing so, she will be granted access to the files on the computer.
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Tips & Warnings
In order for the FTP site to work, the FTP software must be running on the computer at all times, and the computer must be connected to the internet or network.
