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Hello Folks
A friend of mine who lives in Canada and I are both Musicians, we want
to share files etc, some more than 100 meg but not much, I have Windows 7 or
will have by tomorrow evening and what I want to do is find a way or
software so that he can take and leave files on my PC or a folder on my PC,
I know my way around a pc enough to sort problems out etc sometimes with a
little help from a Newsgroup like this one but how to set something like
this up is a little beyond me, there are 7 PC/Laptops in this house, some
wireless and some not, I set it all up and keep it running, not that it
takes much doing, if that gives you some idea of my limited knowledge, I am
hoping someone could send me in the right direction?

Thanks

Gordon B

"Gordon" <> wrote in message
news:U9oDm.60879$2...
> Hello Folks
> A friend of mine who lives in Canada and I are both Musicians, we
> want to share files etc, some more than 100 meg but not much, I have
> Windows 7 or will have by tomorrow evening and what I want to do is find a
> way or software so that he can take and leave files on my PC or a folder
> on my PC, I know my way around a pc enough to sort problems out etc
> sometimes with a little help from a Newsgroup like this one but how to set
> something like this up is a little beyond me, there are 7 PC/Laptops in
> this house, some wireless and some not, I set it all up and keep it
> running, not that it takes much doing, if that gives you some idea of my
> limited knowledge, I am hoping someone could send me in the right
> direction?
>
> Thanks
>
> Gordon B

Hi Again
Before anyone suggests Website or something like Hotfile, I made a website
and then found VM only give 55meg to use so that was a none started, Hotfile
and sites like that cost and I was hoping not to have to pay, I think there
must be a better cheaper way.

Thanks

Gordon B

Gordon wrote:

> A friend of mine who lives in Canada and I are both Musicians,
we
> want to share files etc, some more than 100 meg but not much,

I would do it with a website which was liberal in its allowances.

Badongo allows max size 2G, max daily dl 12G -- for free registered
users, somewhat different for free unregistered and pay premium.

The wiki's article on file hosting services compares a number of them
which have over a gig filesize limit.

I think that would be more convenient than setting up some kind of FTP
on your own systems.


--
Mike Easter

Take a look at TeamViewer at http://www.teamviewer.com - free for personal
use and lets you transfer files and much more.

"Gordon" <> wrote in message
news:U9oDm.60879$2...
> Hello Folks
> A friend of mine who lives in Canada and I are both Musicians, we
> want to share files etc, some more than 100 meg but not much, I have
> Windows 7 or will have by tomorrow evening and what I want to do is find a
> way or software so that he can take and leave files on my PC or a folder
> on my PC, I know my way around a pc enough to sort problems out etc
> sometimes with a little help from a Newsgroup like this one but how to set
> something like this up is a little beyond me, there are 7 PC/Laptops in
> this house, some wireless and some not, I set it all up and keep it
> running, not that it takes much doing, if that gives you some idea of my
> limited knowledge, I am hoping someone could send me in the right
> direction?
>
> Thanks
>
> Gordon B

On 2009-10-20, Gordon <> wrote:
> Hello Folks
> A friend of mine who lives in Canada and I are both Musicians, we want
> to share files etc, some more than 100 meg but not much, I have Windows 7 or
> will have by tomorrow evening and what I want to do is find a way or
> software so that he can take and leave files on my PC or a folder on my PC,
> I know my way around a pc enough to sort problems out etc sometimes with a
> little help from a Newsgroup like this one but how to set something like
> this up is a little beyond me, there are 7 PC/Laptops in this house, some
> wireless and some not, I set it all up and keep it running, not that it
> takes much doing, if that gives you some idea of my limited knowledge, I am
> hoping someone could send me in the right direction?
>
> Thanks
>
> Gordon B

It's very new, and I haven't tried it, but Opera's "Unite" (still in
'beta') might interest you. You don't have to use any 'third party'
servers.

Or you could do the 'old fashioned' thing and set up conventional web or
ftp or gopher servers on your own systems - but that is more than a
little techy if you want to get it right and keep out uninvited users.

Another 'old fashioned' approach is to get a 'shell account' (probably
requires Unix/Linux knowledge); for the volumes of data you're considering
that will probably not be 'free', but you do get the advantage of not
having to keep your own system on line all the time you want others to
have access to your files. See eg <http://sdf-eu.org/index.cgi?access>.

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On Tue, 20 Oct 2009 20:26:20 +0100, Gordon wrote:

> Hello Folks
> A friend of mine who lives in Canada and I are both Musicians, we want
> to share files etc, some more than 100 meg but not much, I have Windows 7 or
> will have by tomorrow evening and what I want to do is find a way or
> software so that he can take and leave files on my PC or a folder on my PC,
> I know my way around a pc enough to sort problems out etc sometimes with a
> little help from a Newsgroup like this one but how to set something like
> this up is a little beyond me, there are 7 PC/Laptops in this house, some
> wireless and some not, I set it all up and keep it running, not that it
> takes much doing, if that gives you some idea of my limited knowledge, I am
> hoping someone could send me in the right direction?
>
> Thanks
>
> Gordon B

HFS (HTTP File Server)

What is it?
.... it's file sharing
.... it's webserver
.... it's open source
.... it's free
.... it's guaranteed to contain no malware

Features
# Download and upload
# Virtual file system
# Highly customizable
# HTML template
# Bandwidth control
# Easy/Expert mode
# Log
# Full control over connections
# Accounts
# Dynamic DNS updater

You can use HFS (HTTP File Server) to send and receive files.

It's different from classic file sharing because it uses web technology to
be more compatible with today's Internet.

It also differs from classic web servers because it's very easy to use and
runs "right out-of-the box".

Access your remote files, over the network.

http://www.rejetto.com/hfs/
--
-Art- (not Art)
10/20/2009 5:24:09 PM
A fine is a tax for doing wrong. A tax is a fine for doing well.

Gordon wrote:
> Hello Folks
> A friend of mine who lives in Canada and I are both Musicians, we
> want to share files etc, some more than 100 meg but not much, I have
> Windows 7 or will have by tomorrow evening and what I want to do is find
> a way or software so that he can take and leave files on my PC or a
> folder on my PC, I know my way around a pc enough to sort problems out
> etc sometimes with a little help from a Newsgroup like this one but how
> to set something like this up is a little beyond me, there are 7
> PC/Laptops in this house, some wireless and some not, I set it all up
> and keep it running, not that it takes much doing, if that gives you
> some idea of my limited knowledge, I am hoping someone could send me in
> the right direction?

You could use something like UltraVNC and set it up to
use Windows log in permissions and then create an account
for him on the machine containing the shared files. Then
only allow access for that user to the folders that contain
the files you want to share. You'd have to set up port
forwarding on the router. He would have to know your ip
address or you could use a dynamic DNS service like no-ip.com
or dyndns.com.

--
Jordon

Gordon "contributed" in 24hoursupport.helpdesk:

> we want to share files etc

http://www.4shared.com

HTH

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"Brian Cryer" <not.here@localhost> wrote in message
news:...
> "Gordon" <> wrote in message
> news:U9oDm.60879$2...
>> Hello Folks
>> A friend of mine who lives in Canada and I are both Musicians, we
>> want to share files etc, some more than 100 meg but not much, I have
>> Windows 7 or will have by tomorrow evening and what I want to do is find
>> a way or software so that he can take and leave files on my PC or a
>> folder on my PC, I know my way around a pc enough to sort problems out
>> etc sometimes with a little help from a Newsgroup like this one but how
>> to set something like this up is a little beyond me, there are 7
>> PC/Laptops in this house, some wireless and some not, I set it all up and
>> keep it running, not that it takes much doing, if that gives you some
>> idea of my limited knowledge, I am hoping someone could send me in the
>> right direction?
>
> Two suggestions:
>
> 1. Use an internet based site which specialises in sharing/storing files.
> I have a list at http://www.cryer.co.uk/resources/virtual_storage.htm and
> I suggest you see which is best for you and which allows you to share
> files between the two of you.
>
> 2. You could run an FTP server on your pc and use no-ip.com or dyndns.com
> to provide a fixed dns name so your friend knows where to connect to (and
> open the appropriate ports in your firewall). But to be honest this would
> be fiddly to set-up and would require you to leave your pc on most of the
> time. So an internet based storage provider is probably the way to go.
>
> Hope this helps.
> --
> Brian Cryer
> www.cryer.co.uk/brian
>
>

Hi Folks
You have given me a lot to think about and choose from, thank you all
for your well informed and quick responses.

thanks again

Gordon

On Tue, 20 Oct 2009 20:28:49 +0100, Gordon wrote:

>
>"Gordon" <> wrote in message
>news:U9oDm.60879$2...
>> Hello Folks
>> A friend of mine who lives in Canada and I are both Musicians, we
>> want to share files etc, some more than 100 meg but not much, I have
>> Windows 7 or will have by tomorrow evening and what I want to do is find a

<snip>

>> Thanks
>>
>> Gordon B
>
>Hi Again
> Before anyone suggests Website or something like Hotfile, I made a website
>and then found VM only give 55meg to use so that was a none started, Hotfile

You considered using VM, is this funny or what

http://www.5quidhost.co.uk/
Disk Space 2000MB
FTP Accounts Unlimited
Bandwidth 20 GB per month

>and sites like that cost and I was hoping not to have to pay, I think there
>must be a better cheaper way.

Like this?
http://www.google.co.uk/search?q=free+webspace+uk

http://www.multimania.co.uk/
Lycos / Tripod 1GB

http://freeola.com/web-hosting/
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Bandwidth/Traffic Unlimited


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