StarDestroyer.Net BBS

Windows isn't an operating system.

Even DOS was an operating system. Not a hidiously complex one, and is little more than the world's most interactive bootloader, but an operating system never the less.

And before you start claiming Windows 9x was a glorified shell on DOS, I'll give you a hint; The true core of Win95 was not the Win32 API (User32/Kernel32/Shell32 and the 16 bit versions) but the VxDs and the VMM.

Darth_Zod wrote:okay. i've figured out the folders bit. now. . . .where can i find the IP address for the server to give to others, and how to i determine which port it's set on for them to use? don't want to accidentally give someone access to a folder i don't want them seeing.

If you are not on a static IP, I would recomend setting up a DDNS account.

DDNS is Dynamic DNS, and there are dozens of free ones which allow you to setup a subdomain name and then update it when ever your IP changes. Todo this you have a little application which periodically checks your external IP by requesting the IP from a number of locations which report that stuff, and then updating the Dynamic DNS record hosted by a server.

I wish I could give you some more details, but I havent really experimented much with that stuff.

I'd recommend Jgaa's WAR FTP Server - It's been around for ages, its free, its regularly updated, it's fast, and non-resource intensive.
It's also easy to set up, and there is tons of documentation for it on the web.

http://support.jgaa.com/index.php?cmd=D ... sion&ID=69