Is it possible to make a win7 computer a file server?

[acurasd]

AEM,
I saw this before..

I was helping someone in Australia and by default his DHCP / LAN / GATEWAY whatever the hell you want to look at it as was set to : 10.1.1.1

It was the same in other countries when i messed with routers. I only encountered 192.168 here in america or if i manually put it in myself.

I went step by step in this dudes router and everything and checked everything...

Sometimes it all comes down to the router... some well i shouldn't say some majority of cheap routers are not par to the new windows 7 systems.

I just tried to fix that one dudes system in Russia and it turned out to be his router... and it fixed everything.

 

[aem]

I am expecting a home network to also have 192.168.

Seriously, there has to be something like what might happen in dec 2012, for someone to not able to connect two machines together, whether through wireless home network or through cables. If it's a router issue, then this can be fixed cos it's at your home and you are the master. If it's something offered by ISP, then only your ISP can fix.

The tut in my sig (the one in red), is abc stuff...if you are not using wires, the principle is still the same.

Here we just want to get to machines to talk to one another, steps 1-6.

 

[acurasd]

I have an easy way setting up my computer


I have my computer set up exactly how he wants....

except i dont have to run from room to room

I use pcAnywhere to connect the comptuers together so i don't have to leave the one room and i can change settings to any computer on the network... clever huh

 

[aem]

I have an easier way than pcAnywhere, it's called mstsc. Get all the machines on the wireless network and use mstsc.

 

[acurasd]

I disagree... i like buying over priced software from symantec and brag about it and have others make me look like an idiot by showing free software that came with windows in the first place.


I like pcanywhere.. so easy to setup and i have used it for years. its much more secured and easy... its got icons and pretty colors.

 

[aem]

I like pcanywhere.. so easy to setup and i have used it for years. its much more secured and easy... its got icons and pretty colors.

There is no setup with mstsc. How can anything be more easy than no setup

Security? stay away from bittorents or porn. And i have no comments about the pretty colors.

 

[acurasd]

Your asking a computer nerd to to stay away from torrents.. and your asking a guy to stay away from Porn....

Aren't you a computer nerd / guy yourself?

Can you stay away from it *lol*

but with remote desktop... you dont get the pretty colors

 

[aem]

I like hentai. For some reason i never use Bitorrent. Only limewire and emule.

 

[acurasd]

I do limewire for my music....

then if i need movies, shows, or other things... i just hunt or it and use whatever is out there... i'm not picky.

I am having issues watching this episode of south park, its the metrosexual episode.

 

[palz]

Ok, if you guys are to help, please don't talk about bittorrent and porn and stuff

Anyway, I pinged 10.0.0.2 from another machine (10.0.0.4), and it failed. Which means there is no chance to access it from elsewhere.

Source:
NetGear

 

[aem]

I still don't know why your internet connection IP is 10.x.x.x address. If it's the Netgear's way then i would question it's purpose. Personally I would invest in a Linksys. Unless someone can help solve this, i would be ready to hit the shops asap for a new router.

 

[acurasd]

Ok, if you guys are to help, please don't talk about bittorrent and porn and stuff

Anyway, I pinged 10.0.0.2 from another machine (10.0.0.4), and it failed. Which means there is no chance to access it from elsewhere.

Source:
NetGear

It wasn't about bittorrent or porn and stuff it was an episode of south park....


So how exactly did you want to use it as a file server???

Did you want to use it within your house or did you want to pull it from anywhere in the world on any computer?

I have my server set as a file server as well but it jut really depends on what you want because that depends on how its set up

 

[palz]

Well, I have a belkin router that I don't use because the wpa passphrase was changed to wep. The netgear one won't allow me to change the ip of any devices, even if dhcp is turned off.
My goal is to make my IP accessible from anywhere.

Ps: I've seen apache webserver on os x, should I drop iis?

 

[zzz2496]

palz,

First of all, your 10.x.y.z IP is for your LAN, it's Local Area Network IP address, it won't be recognized on the Internet.
Second, what are you trying to setup here? A file server? A web server? What? Make up your mind.
Third, what is this with VPN? What does VPN has to do with File Serving...?

What exactly do you want to do...?
Can you clear this up?

zzz2496

 

[Kari]

Just to add something to confusion:

IETF (Internet Engineering Task Force) has made a list about reserved IPv4 addresses for private networks i.e. addresses routers and modems can locally assign to computers and devices. IANA (Internet Assigning Number Authority) has accepted this list, so it's official. (RFC 1918 - Address Allocation for Private Internets, see chapter 3.)

Most commonnly used private IPv4 address serie is 192.168.0.0 – 192.168.255.255, for exapmle my Belkin routers assign IPv4 addresses from this series. Also quite widely used series is 10.0.0.0 – 10.255.255.255. The third reserved series, 172.16.0.0 – 172.31.255.255, is not very common.

These reserved IPv4 addresses are used only internally. When devices in a local network (home, work, school etc.) "talk" with each other, they are using these internal addresses. When they "go out", they all use the one and only external IP address as long as they are connected to the same router. Internal IP addresses are assigned to every network device in your network (computers, WLAN mobile devices, network printers and streamers and so on) but external IP address is always assigned to a router, meaning every computer under the same router have an independent internal IP address and they share the routers external IP address. To test this you can try to enter your external IP address to your browser and you'll enter your routers web interface.

Both internal and external IP's can be static or dynamic, about this you can read more in another thread.

When you type an web address in your browser, your computer asks from a DNS (Domain Name Server) the IP address of the given text string and your browser is then redirected there. For example, the Seven Forums real address is stored in these Domain Name Servers so you don't have to remember the series of numbers but can instead use names. It's easier to remember cnn.com, www.sevenforums.com or www.finland.fi than series of numbers.

By default normally your ISP determines which DNS server is used. I use OpenDNS which is a free service and IMO resolves the addresses a bit faster than my ISP's DNS.

You can change the DNS used by right clicking Change adapter settings in Network and Sharing Center, and then right clicking the connection you want to change, choosing Properties, and opening Properties for Internet Protocol Version 4:



When you type 10.x.x.x or 192.x.x.x to your browser, it is recognized as an internal, private IP address. Because of that, the correct address is not checked from a DNS. It would not help, anyway; there must be millions of computers at this moment around the world using the same internal address as your 10.x.x.x, so it would be impossible for a DNS to redirect you to the right place.

Therefore, what you are asking is possible only when using IIS, Apache or similar server applications. Apache is a good alternative if you know what you are doing; it's far more difficult to setup and configure than IIS.

Kari

 

[palz]

OK, I get it. But I've tried entering my external IP, and it gives a 404. BTW I did the DNS thing. In the dashboard, what "network IP" should I enter? Also, when I reset the settings, my router said something about avoiding a conflict with my ISP. [I use USA AT&T]

My router's internal IP is 10.0.0.1. Does it have an external one?

 

[Kari]

Go to http://www.WhatIsMyIp.com, it tells you your external IP at the moment.

Kari

 

[palz]

Ok...
Well, I suppose I have one last question: With a dynamic external IP, how can I access this webserver from anywhere?

Therefore, what you are asking is possible only when using IIS, Apache or similar server applications. Apache is a good alternative if you know what you are doing; it's far more difficult to setup and configure than IIS.

Please clarify.

New info: Internal IP: 10.0.0.227 (private LAN) External IP: Dynamic...

 

[zzz2496]

Therefore, what you are asking is possible only when using IIS, Apache or similar server applications. Apache is a good alternative if you know what you are doing; it's far more difficult to setup and configure than IIS.

I disgress, Apache is MUCH easier to configure, not to mention way faster than the GUI driven setup of IIS.

Ok...
Well, I suppose I have one last question: With a dynamic external IP, how can I access this webserver from anywhere?

Therefore, what you are asking is possible only when using IIS, Apache or similar server applications. Apache is a good alternative if you know what you are doing; it's far more difficult to setup and configure than IIS.

Please clarify.

New info: Internal IP: 10.0.0.227 (private LAN) External IP: Dynamic...

You'd need a service like DynDNS.com's dynamic DNS resolver service. Once you handled that, you'd need to open your port in your router so that a communication request from the internet will able to reach your Web Server.

zzz2496

 

[palz]

Ok, I configured DynDNS with my computer, added webserver to the services, and it doesn't work...

Please elaborate on how I should open a port....
Here's a link to a screenshot of the index of my router settings:
clicky