How Do You Make An FTP Site?
File Transfer Protocol, or FTP sites are fairly common today in the world of high-speed internet and constant downloads. Essentially, what an FTP site allows you to do is to transfer files from one computer to another via a remote “dial-in” process. Making your own FTP site is relatively easy and can be performed by any novice networking engineer. Step 1 Connect the computer to the internet and turn it on. Click on “Start” and then “Run.” Type the word “command” into the box and then hit enter. In the MS-DOS prompt that opens, type in “ipconfig” and hit enter. Write down the IP address listed for your computer. Step 2 Download one of the FTP server softwares from the link in Resources and follow the onscreen instructions to begin the setup process. When prompted for the IP Address for the FTP site, type in the address you wrote down from Step 1. Step 3 Click “Finish” after the setup process has completed and then determine what username and password you will use for your FTP site. This
