Thanks Ian. I was hoping I could do it without using VPN because I tried
several times setting up the VPN server on my XP pro machine but I have
never been successful in getting a connection from outside. I can't tell
whether it's the router settings or the VPN server settings that's not
correct.

Can you point me to a good website source for setting up an FTP server?

Thanks again,
--Francis--



"Ian" <Ian@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> In principle yes, but the security aspects are important.
>
> To do t his you need to map port 445 (or ports 137-139) However it would
> be
> highly advisable to have some kind of encryption on the data, as the
> netbios
> ports are easily attacked. You could achieve this wth Zebedee or SSH.
>
> The other alternatives are VPN, or a secure form of FTP server. (Filezilla
> Server in TLS mode, for example.)
>
>