How about Secure Shell (SSH) and use WinSCP if you just want to be able to
access files? That works well for me...

http://www.itefix.no/phpws/index.php...position=22:22
http://theillustratednetwork.mvps.or...publicKey.html

http://winscp.sourceforge.net/eng/index.php

http://theillustratednetwork.mvps.or...esktopSSH.html

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"Francis Tarcelo" <fgtarcelo@verizon.net> wrote in message
news:%23rSkkfXEGHA.516@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl...
> 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
> news:31D4DB28-F9BF-4CAF-BD80-1A7D3BD65798@microsoft.com...
>> 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.)
>>
>>
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