uni internet + ftp

[Georgy291]

i need to send a big file (7gig) to a friend off mine.

I tried setting up a FTP server using win7 and IIS, i can log in to it from the flat network and typing my own ip in to firefox but when its done from someone somewhere else it doesn seem to work, i guess its the uni firewall stopping it.

But same thing happens when he had set up his fpt exactly the same way. only his friends can connect to it but i cant. im guessing its again something to do with uni firewall. is there any way around this?

[Georgy291]

so far i think we worked out that my uni is blocking me hosting stuff and were not sure how to set up his sky router

anyone knows detailed instructons i can send to him on how to set up port forwarding for skyrouters?

[SMPer]

do you really need to send the file through an ftp server? have you tried any instant messaging applications (msn, yahoo, skype, etc)?

[Blastuk]

Try this https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikiped...dows_Live_Sync
It says each file can't be larger than 4gb though, so split the file in 2 or something.

[arthurleung]

I guess you haven't setup your router in the flat correctly, i.e. NAT.

And IIS is not the best way to setup a FTP server. You have to DMZ that machine, due to the fact that IIS doesn't use a fixed data port, so you can't just NAT it. And it will certainly not publish its IP correctly from inside your network so you need a "smart" FTP client that correct the wrong IP address sent by the server.

[gss03]

Would it not be quicker burning said file to a dual layer DVD and posting it?
Or USB stick?

[Georgy291]

hmm, what about using filezilla server?

i just gennerally also want a ftp server so i can use it as a memory stick when going round labs in uni

[EvilMunky]

You could always do something like compress / zip the file into smaller chunks - if you did it in under 2gb chunks and created a couple of drop box accounts, you could transfer it that way