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Comment from GoodKnight on 2009-02-04

2009-02-04T21:35:48Z

Didnt anyone think of a FTP solution here? Quite easy to set up and will do the job excellently, especially if you want to give access to only a share and not all the rest too.

Yes, TeamViewer is an excellent solution (with few exceptions) if you want to share your PC, but... you'll be opening up your PC completely to the other party and not just the share. Not so good if your buddy is a practical joker ;-).

However, this could much easier done by a FTP server. Set up a FTP server on your side with access accounts authorised on the (parts of the) disks/partitions you want to share. And the other party can log in on the FTP server you configured with a FTP client and access the authorised stuff. You can even configure which type of rights (create, read, write, delete) each account has.

Normally this is a quite secure solution. I would suggest to use strong paswords on the FTP accounts though, and if you think you need a bit of security on the data transfer preferably use a SFTP or FTPS protocol or plain FTP over VPN if you're really into it.

What? You were looking for freeware? Well, lots of FTP freeware servers and clients around.
Just look in Wiki or Google on FTP. FileZilla, client and server will for sure deliver, but there might be folks out there that have better suggestions.

Setting up an FTP server, particularly behind a router, isn't for everyone, but it can work. One concern is that the FTP protocol transmits passwords in clear text, meaning that anyone sniffing the connection could harvest account/password info. Secure FTP (SFTP, or FTP over SSH) is more ... secure ... but also more difficult to set up.

- Leo
06-Feb-2009

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Comment from Raghu on 2008-11-18

2008-11-18T13:09:09Z

Dear u can access totaly any pc on internet through of teamviwer software and complitly handle internet pc

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Comment from Ganesh on 2008-03-18

2008-03-18T07:18:59Z

I can use my hard disk remotely because my brother is on out of state i can share my brothers hard disk so plz. send any software to share my pc & my brother pc through broadband

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Comment from Santosh Kumar on 2007-05-25

2007-05-25T08:15:44Z

Dear all,

i am having trouble with remote desktop connection. i want to copy some files to remote server from my laptop. My laptop is having windows XP pro and remote server is having Windows 2000 Server. I am using remote desktop connection and there i am checking the disk drive option under local resource..once i am connected to the server, i can't see my shared disk drives from my laptop..so pls guys help me...how do i make my disk drives visible in this windows 2000 server...

cao
santosh

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Comment from Kris on 2006-11-20

2006-11-21T00:35:37Z

Can i share music with my friends a nd how

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Comment from reshu on 2006-11-03

2006-11-04T07:41:10Z

hello
i want to connect two remote pc through internet and access of harddisk. i have a inventory software and i want to control that software.

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Comment from melly on 2006-06-20

2006-06-20T08:34:20Z

Hi..I'm doing a C++.net application.One of the application requirements need me to check hardisk over network. Means that, if one of the pc in the network has run out of space, it will prompt up in the application for alert warning.
Hope that someone can help me.

Thank You

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Comment from Michael Gardiner on 2006-06-17

2006-06-17T12:04:30Z

Maybe my software can help you?

http://mydisk.co.uk

A totally free and easy solution to sharing your hard disk online.

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Comment from Prem on 2006-04-09

2006-04-09T13:38:47Z

Hi:

I would like to phone-dialup to my home (from outside) and use the internet connection at home. How can I do that?

Thankyou
Prem

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Comment from James Moxham on 2006-04-08

2006-04-08T13:18:08Z

Check out www.hamachi.cc Leo talks about this in other forums. This stuff is changing rapidly, but with hamachi there is now a totally free VPN solution that enables LANs to connect for games/file sharing etc and it is really easy to set up. At last...

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Comment from Luigi on 2006-02-11

2006-02-12T01:08:18Z

Hello

Is there a way to connect a portable hard drive directly to a router? so I could have the hard drive always available on the net?

Thank you.

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Comment from mehul mevawalla on 2006-02-02

2006-02-02T13:08:11Z

hi i have recd an static ip address & want to access my office server from my home on a laptop. how shall i be able to retrieve / access the server hard disk from my home. how to go about the installation of the static ip & do i require any software for downloading / accessing the office server ?

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Comment from nick on 2005-12-25

2005-12-25T19:24:32Z

hey buddy need ur help
how can i connect my pc with my friends pc we both ave broadband connections with diffrent subnets n ip given by our isp's

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Comment from Rasheed on 2005-12-14

2005-12-15T06:59:17Z

dear friends
please help me for finding way,
i want to view my office from home, i have installed camera in office and configured with dvr card, if i try to view from local network i can see camera but not possible from home pc, i have internet both place where office has local cable connectin and home has dial up connection

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Comment from Leo on 2005-09-10

2005-09-10T16:16:03Z

A switch would work nicely. You'll need to enable file sharing on the various computers involved.

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Comment from Steven Allsopp on 2005-09-10

2005-09-10T12:16:25Z

me and my friends have set up a home network between 4 computers for internet access using a switch. is there any way possible of sharing the hard drives on the computers through the switch? or would a router need to be involved?

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Comment from Alex on 2005-06-09

2005-06-09T08:23:20Z

I'm using beinsync (http://www.beinsync.com) which takes a whole different approach to remote access. It has both a free version and a Pro version for $5 a month.

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Comment from Lon F Jarrell Jr on 2005-04-11

2005-04-11T12:56:11Z

There is also a free program > Log Me In

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Comment from Paulsee on 2005-04-05

2005-04-05T13:17:19Z

I have used PC Anywhere for such hookups with great results. One of my clients needed to access their office computer while on vacation several states away and did so every day with ease. While PC Anywhere does take over the console, it lets users on both ends work on the same program at the same time. Like collaborative working.

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