DeanB <deanbrown3d@yahoo.com> hath wroth:

>How can I configure a stand-alone hard drive to act as an FTP server
>on a local LAN IP address? I know a regular hard drive can't do this,
>but I've seen some that are network drives, but I know nothing about
>them other than they have an ethernet port.
>
>I'd live to hide a drive in my house somewhere to record camera
>images. I've got this working at a remote site, just want to do it
>locally too.

1. Configure a PC to act as an FTP server using any of the commonly
available software. There must be hundreds available (use Google to
find). I use:
<http://sourceforge.net/projects/filezilla/>
on Windoze.

2. Buy or build an NAS (network attached storage) server that has a
built in FTP server. I've been using Buffalo Linkstations which have
built in FTP servers:
<http://www.buffalotech.com/products/network-storage/linkstation/>


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