Public/Drop Box

[waddo]

Hi all

Has any one managed to get the Public/Drop Box to work over the internet?

I have some large files to transfer, and my understanding is that another computer can access the Drop Box folder. But how?????

Cheers

[qo]

Heritage over on OSX just clued me into this place...

http://www.dropload.com

[waddo]

thanks

I will give that place a try uf I get no help on the OSX built in share, which I would rather use.

Mac is supposed to be easy! Is this share feature only for local networks????

cheers

[Jim]

You can send files up to a gig for free on yousendit.com.

Otherwise, working from memory here, as I wanted to do the same thing a year or so ago... you need to have your service provider supply you with a static IP if you want others to access your computer directly.

Or you can use .mac for $100/year, which is basically a shared disk.

You have a web site. Ask your ISP if you can set up FTP access. Then you should be able to upload files using something like CuteFTP or Fetch, and your peeps could download them through their browser.

[James Steele]

Originally posted by Jim:
Otherwise, working from memory here, as I wanted to do the same thing a year or so ago... you need to have your service provider supply you with a static IP if you want others to access your computer directly.

I have a cable modem and I'm pretty sure I have a static IP address-- that is my IP is always the same to the outside world. I've only done a little experimenting on trying to do this myself, although couldn't really test it since all my computers are behind the same router so it's not the same as getting in externally. I could probably use my dialup account to verify outside access.

[waddo]

this is my IP address

203.165.236.186

It's strange that no one, including myself, knows how to do this very useful thing.

I think we are supposed to use the go menu!

I have placed a goody in my shared drop box. Can any one get it? If so, what did you do?

Cheers

oh and please andy the goody.

[midiw]

Hi all

Has any one managed to get the Public/Drop Box to work over the internet?

I have some large files to transfer, and my understanding is that another computer can access the Drop Box folder. But how?????

Cheers

USE

www.yousendit.com

it's a free service ( how do they do that ? ) and there is no hassle and it works.

[qo]

Depends on what your firewall is like. Typically, a firewall will allow port mapping so that, for instance someone connecting from the outside to your static IP on the FTP port (21), gets redirected to your private/local/NATinside address 192.0.1.1, like so:

203.165.236.186:21 -> 192.0.1.1

Or, let's say you want to setup a separate web server (port 80) on a different host 192.0.1.2:

203.165.236.186:80 -> 192.0.1.2

You need to read your router/firewall's documentation to figure this out. Most allow you to do this sort of thing.