Windows 2000 Quick Fixes

Host an FTP site for file transfer

While you can allow others on your LAN access to your local folders and files through the File and Printer Sharing (FPS) service, that method doesn’t work for users who are located on the Internet or in a different network segment that isn’t supported by FPS. For example, you might be using NetBEUI for FPS rather than TCP/IP for security reasons, which prevents other users across a router on another network segment from accessing your local resources (because NetBEUI isn’t routable). If those users have TCP/IP installed, however, they can access your files if you make them available through File Transfer Protocol, or FTP.

Using FTP has the additional benefit that only those folders and files you place in the FTP folder structure are available to remote users. This helps you protect your other folders and files from unauthorized access, at least through FTP.

Install the FTP service

If your computer doesn’t already have the FTP service installed, you need to install it as the first step in setting up an FTP site. As with other Windows 2000 components, you install the FTP service through the Add/Remove Programs object in the Control Panel:

1. Open the Add/Remove Programs object in the Control Panel and click Add/Remove Windows Components.

2. Click Internet Information Services, then click Details.

3. Select File Transfer Protocol (FTP) Server and click OK. If the other required components such as Common Files are not already installed, the Windows Components ...