Quick setup of a lightweight ftp server on personal computer
Having a small ftp server running on your personal computer can be very useful, especially sometimes when you want to transfer files cross Windows domains or cross firewalls.
To get a copy of ftp server, download from here. The program can run on Windows 7 x64 edition.
https://filezilla-project.org/download.php?type=server
Filezilla also has a nice ftp client software.
The ftp server control and configuration can only be done (by default) from local machine so normally we don't need to worry too much about re configuring its default port number (17174) or admin password (can leave it blank if you know what you are doing). Once logged in, we need to create a group first and then create at least one user. And then assign the shared folder either through group or user. After the configuration, we can test from local machine by using command line "ftp". If this works we should see communications and handshaking in the monitor software.
However, under windows 7, a remote machine still can't access this ftp server. The problem is OS has security features to block such a communication. To change, go to control panel
Control Panel\System and Security\Windows Firewall\Allowed Programs
And then add the FileZilla FTP server to the list. This should fix the remote access problem.
To get a copy of ftp server, download from here. The program can run on Windows 7 x64 edition.
https://filezilla-project.org/download.php?type=server
Filezilla also has a nice ftp client software.
The ftp server control and configuration can only be done (by default) from local machine so normally we don't need to worry too much about re configuring its default port number (17174) or admin password (can leave it blank if you know what you are doing). Once logged in, we need to create a group first and then create at least one user. And then assign the shared folder either through group or user. After the configuration, we can test from local machine by using command line "ftp". If this works we should see communications and handshaking in the monitor software.
However, under windows 7, a remote machine still can't access this ftp server. The problem is OS has security features to block such a communication. To change, go to control panel
Control Panel\System and Security\Windows Firewall\Allowed Programs
And then add the FileZilla FTP server to the list. This should fix the remote access problem.
posted by jameszhou2000 @ 11:15 AM
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