BT Anytime anyone? Need your webspace

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Posted by flystyler on Mar-16-2002 13:11:

BT Anytime anyone? Need your webspace

Ok, anyone with btanytime has 50mb free webspace, i am getting adsl in april, and want to share tunes, and let other share. So if you have a bt anytime account, or have free webspace that is quick and can share mp3s please let me know.

Thanx i want to have some music links on my site

Posted by jon on Mar-16-2002 13:20:

fraid i cant help you with webspace, but is it possible to set up a ftp server on your pc?? I may have a play with my dads cable internet connection when i go home over easter to see if it works well, ill let you know how well it works(or fails!)

Jon

Posted by flystyler on Mar-16-2002 13:44:

Yeah it is possible, you set your comp up like an ftp server. I will have a look on the net for programs to use to do it.

I should set up my adsl as ftp, but only for peeps i know

Posted by jon on Mar-16-2002 13:57:

you know of any good ftp server progs???

Posted by flystyler on Mar-16-2002 14:04:

No, i am looking, but i only want a simple one. There are so many, anyway i have a month till i get it

Posted by Ste on Mar-16-2002 14:13:

hey yeh ftp server why didnt i think of that now have cable modem

tell me when u fidn one fly

Posted by jon on Mar-16-2002 14:45:

yeah let me know too, Imm housesitting my parents house for a week over easter, and I have no work etc to do, only a nice cable modem to play with! hehehe

Jon

Posted by flystyler on Mar-16-2002 14:47:

http://users.skynet.be/sky37432/bw3225b4.exe

Try this, it has been recommended to me, my cj slater

Posted by jon on Mar-16-2002 14:59:

dont think it would work very well on my 56k! but it looks easy'ish to set up! let me know how it works for you and any settings u used etc

Jon

Posted by flystyler on Mar-16-2002 15:04:

Well i may do a test on my 56k, but i dont think i will, i will just wait till i have my adsl

Anyway you lazy sods should have found it for yourselfs, lol

Posted by jon on Mar-16-2002 15:07:

Dont think it would work well on a 56k, as some isp's give u a different ip number each time you log on, plus it would be a litle bit on the slow side....

how fast is asdl anyway?? it any faster than a ntl cable modem??

Jon

Posted by flystyler on Mar-16-2002 15:22:

Yeah i know my ip changes eveytime.

But adsl is permantly connected, ip changes every month for security reasons. Download at 60k, but hopefully will b faster in the future, and upstreem of prob 30k

I am capping my adsl at 5k though, hehe. So cant download faster than 5k.

But i think 60k is fast enough. Ofcoarse that is the home adsl, with a connection speed of 500k. The business ones go up to 2mb connection speed. So work out the download speed, sommit about 240k

Cant afford that though

Posted by Az on Mar-16-2002 19:42:

think it's www.dns2go.com
they give u an FTP, and a fixed IP addy that you can choose, I know a lot of ppl that use it, and it's pretty reliable

Posted by jon on Mar-17-2002 09:55:

just in case everyone here is blind, check out THIS thread in the chill out section

Jon

Posted by Ian on Mar-18-2002 16:35:

quote:
Originally posted by flystyler
Yeah i know my ip changes eveytime.

But adsl is permantly connected, ip changes every month for security reasons. Download at 60k, but hopefully will b faster in the future, and upstreem of prob 30k

I am capping my adsl at 5k though, hehe. So cant download faster than 5k.

But i think 60k is fast enough. Ofcoarse that is the home adsl, with a connection speed of 500k. The business ones go up to 2mb connection speed. So work out the download speed, sommit about 240k

Cant afford that though

Which Broadband user you joining mate ? Oh and I got webspace with bt somewhere but I can't figure out how to access it.... would they close down any files that are being downloaded if we zipped them up, or cos it comes with our connection in the price, would be be ok linking tunes to download ? I just started a small site with my mate offering 5 downloads a week but if I could sort my BT out and it didn't cut off for using it for downloads, I could add more to it

Posted by flystyler on Mar-18-2002 16:45:

Ok, well you could donate the space to me, but this is what you do

Ok, the address for your webspace is www.btinternet.con/~username

u need to put the ~ in

mine is www.btinternet.com/~sheila.deeley/

your login details are

ftp.btinternet.com

username: your username (mine is [email protected]
Password: well what ever it is

That should work, if you have any probs just let me know

But you can host mp3s on the site, and it is fast, just zip them, and it is fine to link to them

Enjoy

Oh and i am getting adsl, prob with bt, but if they r opening it up, not sure what isp it will be with

Posted by flystyler on Mar-18-2002 16:47:

or

Follow the instructions below to upload your page to the BTinternet server.

Start up your FTP program.

Log on using the following information:
The HOST NAME is: ftp.btinternet.com
The HOST TYPE (if needed) is:UNIX (standard)
The USER ID is: youremailname(in lower case)
The PASSWORD is your: e-mailbox password.
Remember that it is case sensitive.

Transfer your home page files from your computer to the server.

If you do not know how to do this, look at the Help section of the FTP program you are using.

Type in your URL into a Web browser to test that your home page is working.

In our example, this would be: http://www.btinternet.com/~smith.family or http://www.smith.family.btinternet.co.uk (see Virtual Domains).

If your Web browser cannot find the page, check the URL carefully.
Remember that URLs - like passwords - are case sensitive, so smith.family is not the same as Smith.Family. Note also that spaces are not valid characters in a URL.
The ~ character is called a tilde, and is above the # (hash) key on a PC keyboard.

http://www.btopenworld.com/create/w...0,6668,,00.html

all details here: http://www.btopenworld.com/create/webpage

Posted by flash on Mar-25-2002 17:16:

I have used BT ADSL and hosted my own FTP server before. It is a bit of a pain in the neck having your IP address assigned dynamically. Although you are "permenantly connected" that is not strictly true. If you switch the PC off then the connection drops and a new IP address is assigned next time you connect. You can always leave your PC turned on permanently, but in practice, the ADSL connection drops every now and then (like once a day at least). It might be worth asking your ADSL provider if they'll give you a static address...the worst they can say is no.

If you hadn't already planned, you MUST install some firewall software when you get a broadband connection. If you don't you are almost guaranteed to get hacked fairly frequently - especially if you're running an FTP server...

I used http://www.networkice.com/products/...e_defender.html which has always been well reviewed.

Also, I would get a hold of Windows 2000 or Windows XP as 95/98/Me are hopelessly riddled with security holes which even with a firewall are still major problems.

If you are prepared to pay for ADSL, you might want to just buy some webspace - www.uk2.net will give you about 500MB for �70 odd a year. There may be others that are cheaper. It saves a lot of hassle and you can get your own domain name thrown in for free (I see that www.flystyler.com) is still available!)