Setting up a home FTP

[Astray]

I want to set up an FTP server on my compouter so that I can easily access and transfer files between my home computer, work computer, and school computer.

I'm not too sure where to start to set one of these up, I've used apache before to run a webserver, but not too sure if it's capable of doing a FTP.

 

[Matthias99]

I'm not too sure where to start to set one of these up,

I'm gonna go with the Software forum.

Basically, you install an FTP server, configure it like you want, and forward port 21 (or whatever port you have your server listening on) if you are using a router. Then you can use an FTP client and log into the server to upload or download files.

 

[SokaMoka]

I agree with Matthias,for me I SFTP into my home server, for that you must have SSH running on the server.

 

[Astray]

I'd prefer it be FTP, that way I can use IE or Opera to browse around and upload/download without needing to install any programs.

 

[Brazen]

Are you wanting to set this up on an existing Windows box? Or install a new server on new hardware and everything? If new server, go with ProFTP on linux (I like CentOS) and administer through Webmin.

If you want something to run on a Windows desktop, you can either use Windows FTP server (under IIS) or use the FileZilla FTP server (my preference, I use it through XAMPP).