access my network drive

Hi

I've got a network drive (192.168.1.104) on my local network. What do I
need to do to access it from work (could be through a web browser or
ftp). I created an ftp user on the drive.

It's easy to access it from other computers on my local network, just ftp
user@192.168.1.104, but how can I do it from work or elsewhere. The bit I
don't understand is the fact that here I've got 2 IPs my external IP and
the internal IP of the drive (192.168.1.104)

thank you very much for any help

regards

xtd8865

On 2008-03-30, xtd8865 <xtd8865@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
> Hi
>
> I've got a network drive (192.168.1.104) on my local network. What do I
> need to do to access it from work (could be through a web browser or
> ftp). I created an ftp user on the drive.
>
> It's easy to access it from other computers on my local network, just ftp
> user@192.168.1.104, but how can I do it from work or elsewhere. The bit I
> don't understand is the fact that here I've got 2 IPs my external IP and
> the internal IP of the drive (192.168.1.104)
>
> thank you very much for any help
>
You need to set up IP forwarding on your router.

xtd8865 wrote:
> Hi
>
> I've got a network drive (192.168.1.104) on my local network. What do I
> need to do to access it from work (could be through a web browser or
> ftp). I created an ftp user on the drive.
>
> It's easy to access it from other computers on my local network, just ftp
> user@192.168.1.104, but how can I do it from work or elsewhere. The bit I
> don't understand is the fact that here I've got 2 IPs my external IP and
> the internal IP of the drive (192.168.1.104)
>
> thank you very much for any help
>
> regards
>
> xtd8865
Between your machine with the network drive and the internet you have a
router. You need to log into your router and tell it to forward ftp
connections to your 192.168.1.104 machine (look for "Port Forwarding").

Robert

Thanks guys

Everything works now,

regards
xtd

xtd8865 wrote:
> Thanks guys
>
> Everything works now,
>
> regards
> xtd

Just some extra info about forwarding FTP:
FTP and NAT is generally not the best combo. Ftp uses a control
connection and a data connection. Look up the correct ports (20+21?) and
try using passive FTP.

If everything fails, just try using SFTP over SSH (works by default in
most linux distros. It's a lot safer to use over the internet anyway).

(in case of a linux desktop, command-line sftp works, through gnome, you
can connect to an sftp server too. From windows, try using psftp or winscp).

-R-

Jurgen Haan wrote:
> xtd8865 wrote:
>> Thanks guys
>>
>> Everything works now,
>>
>> regards
>> xtd
>
> Just some extra info about forwarding FTP:
> FTP and NAT is generally not the best combo. Ftp uses a control
> connection and a data connection. Look up the correct ports (20+21?) and
> try using passive FTP.
>
> If everything fails, just try using SFTP over SSH (works by default in
> most linux distros. It's a lot safer to use over the internet anyway).
>
> (in case of a linux desktop, command-line sftp works, through gnome, you
> can connect to an sftp server too. From windows, try using psftp or winscp).
>
> -R-

(ofc that was fyi for when you get errors with certain ftp clients).