[HOWTO] - Setup FTP access on your OSX machine.

[NickBurns]

Thanks alot bro... Seems Im doing everything correctly. I didnt know he could pick "connect to server" in the finder, from Go. That seems easy enough. I was told i needed to use an ftp program. So this will be it then? I dont need to use fetch?

What do you suppose would be the speed i could expect from doing this through the finder?? I will be trading large audio files. Just curious......

Thanks again for the help

[PowermacG4_450]

I was told i needed to use an ftp program. So this will be it then? I dont need to use fetch?

What do you suppose would be the speed i could expect from doing this through the finder?? I will be trading large audio files. Just curious......
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I only use fetch when I upload my web pages to my hosting server.... ive got a buddy, and him and I swap files using the osX finder. And the go>connect to server command....

speed. Now thats another issue... he and I both use cable..... and doing this file transfer over the net isnt a speed demon by any means.... if we had T1 lines im sure it would rock. with cable connected via ethernet, its sometimes a tad slow.... depends on what time of day or night we transfer the file.

If your sending something real big, send it at night while your in bed..... would be faster than say during peak hours during the day.

good luck

[NickBurns]

Thanks for the info, i should be good to go. What about getting into my machine from lets say a pc somwhere else? How would i go about this???

Thanks again,

[PowermacG4_450]

getting into your mac from a pee cee?

there are several programs that allow that. never used them though. dave I beleive is one. ? (someone correct me if im wrong)... another is timbutu..... they allow macs to be connected to pee cee networks and printers.

[NickBurns]

Thanks,

getting into your mac from a pee cee?

HAHAHA!!!!!!!!! Pee Cee..... i never heard that before....

How do i make it so if you type in my ip address in any browser window, you can access my computer via a username and password????

Sorry for all the questions,
Thanks again,

[PowermacG4_450]

hmmmm, not sure about that one.. ya got me!

[PowermacG4_450]

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appreciate your help..... good luck, stay away from those pee cee's.

[NickBurns]

Thank you again,

Let me try and explain....

About a year or so ago, my buddy gave me his ip address so i could get some audio plugins from his computer. When i typed in his address, it took me to a text-like page. Then i saw thew file called "plugins.sit" So i clicked on it, downloaded it, unstuffed it, and got all the files i needed.

Now that i am starting to learn a bit about it, Im wondering how he did that. I remember it was like a 90 meg file, and i got it in less than a minute.

Maybe he had a different type of setup?? I'm Not sure...

Any more help would be appreciated.
Thanks