FTP Server - Web Based upload/downloads?

dadofsam

dadofsam

dadofsam

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Need a solution for a problem at work, have recently set up a backup server with a few TB of storage on, now we cannot connect this to the corperate network so we cannot just map the network drive on that, so essentially we need a solution that will allow users to plug their laptops into our gigabit switch and simply upload all their files to the server ready for back up.

Whats the best way to do this? Really do not want to install any software on the client computers hence looking at a web based / ftp based solution, anyone done anything similar?

Cheers.
 
I tried this, but the clients get assigned ip addresses and i can only access the server when the ip address follows a 192.168.11.*** patern, anything else and it wont let me access the server :(

Any ideas?

Ta
 
Doh, sorry, cannot install any apps really onto the client machines, have been suggested a DHCP server may solve my problems as then the clients will get asisgned ip's thus not needing and avoding the hassle of having to set an ip to 192.168.11.***?

Also, the laptops that are going to be backed up are going to ahve to be physically taken into a room to be backed up, creating further complications as they cannot be done form desk.
 
dadofsam said:
I tried this, but the clients get assigned ip addresses and i can only access the server when the ip address follows a 192.168.11.*** patern, anything else and it wont let me access the server :(

Any ideas?

Ta
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thats cos your subnet mask is probably 255.255.255.0 which if you AND with the ip address only allows an exact match of 192.168.11.***. if you change the subnet mask to 255.255.0.0 then 192.168.***.*** will be allowed.
 
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