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by borginva

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I am using on XP Pro IIS to host a website at home. Using a DNS syncher to synch the IP.
People go to my site http://myname.here.come with no problem.

I am trying to get an FTP working. I once used Bulletproof and had to give people the IP each time. Now I am trying to do it in IIS. I have it set up in IIS on defaults. I tested it in DOS (ftp localhost) on the local PC and on a local networked PC at ftp://192.168.0.4.

So it worked locally but what and how can I create a link on my website for people to access this FTP? I tried to test externally using ftp://myname.here.come but it times out.

What do I have to do in IIS and in the HTML to create a link so when people go to my site, they can click the link, enter in a login/password, and have access to files?

I spent some time looking in engine searches but nothing comes close to what I am looking for.

Please help. Thank you and God bless.

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by borginva

Sorry. Ports and firewalls are not the issue. I need to know how to put a link on my site (hosted in MS IIS) that links to the FTP also on my IIS.
I want to make it when someone gets to http://whatever, they see a link called FTP. They click it, add in login, and get connected to my FTP.
And if anyone else asks, my ports are open when I want them to be, and my firewalls (yes, plural) will be configured correctly when the time comes. I just need to know how to link the FTP on my website. That is all.

by borginva

Oh, and if this helps, the FTP will be using the default 21 and the website is currently using port 1701, so my site name is http://mysite.me:1701 and I just want a link on the site to send them to the FTP.

by borginva

After getting the FTP to work (using IE for tests was a waste. I used the FREE SmartFTP), I was able to just create a link on my site called ftp://myname.here and it worked! It was that simple.

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