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HFS ~ HTTP File Server / Newbe: how to make HFS even móre userfriendly
« on: December 26, 2004, 08:20:18 AM »
Hello to you,
Up front: I am a newbe and have no knowledge at all about sharing files thru the Internet in a way that HFS does. Am sorry.
At regular intervals I'd like to send large files to a friend. This is commonly bringing along a lot of hazzle and often ends up in
my burning them in CD and send the stuff my regular mail, or exchange them during visits.
Always wished there wud be a simple program that would allow him to download files from my pc directly.
I came across HFS in a PC-Magazine here in Holland promoting it as a very simple program. There was this short explanation and
it made me really happy, until ... the last line where it said that there was/is a small drawback/problem of the software:
behind a firewall the other party will not automatically be allowed.
I went through the first part of the FAQ and thought by myself: "Forget it, this is not going to work..."
:cry:
My friend, he is working from behind a router and has absolutely no idea about router-stuff: he needs someone else
to configure XP and router after a fresh install...
I am working from behind a firewall.
We both have no knowledge at all about ports, IP-addresses, switching off a server (what server?), domain names, etc.etc.
That having said: would it not be possible to have this all sorted out by HFS automatically?
My friend and me install the software, the software sorts out all the above.
I would then only need to e-mail him the url and a portnumber.
He shd paste them in the relevant boxes within HFS and
click on "OK"button and download should start.
It's just an idea...
Thank you.
brgds
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Up front: I am a newbe and have no knowledge at all about sharing files thru the Internet in a way that HFS does. Am sorry.
At regular intervals I'd like to send large files to a friend. This is commonly bringing along a lot of hazzle and often ends up in
my burning them in CD and send the stuff my regular mail, or exchange them during visits.
Always wished there wud be a simple program that would allow him to download files from my pc directly.
I came across HFS in a PC-Magazine here in Holland promoting it as a very simple program. There was this short explanation and
it made me really happy, until ... the last line where it said that there was/is a small drawback/problem of the software:
behind a firewall the other party will not automatically be allowed.
I went through the first part of the FAQ and thought by myself: "Forget it, this is not going to work..."
:cry:
My friend, he is working from behind a router and has absolutely no idea about router-stuff: he needs someone else
to configure XP and router after a fresh install...
I am working from behind a firewall.
We both have no knowledge at all about ports, IP-addresses, switching off a server (what server?), domain names, etc.etc.
That having said: would it not be possible to have this all sorted out by HFS automatically?
My friend and me install the software, the software sorts out all the above.
I would then only need to e-mail him the url and a portnumber.
He shd paste them in the relevant boxes within HFS and
click on "OK"button and download should start.
It's just an idea...
Thank you.
brgds
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