Tag: FILESERVER

Jon Peck wanted a file server for streaming media across his network so he wouldn't need to leave his main PC on 24/7. Rather than buy an expensive preconfigured NAS machine, he did what real men do: He built it himself, in about 45 minutes, for under $80. Built around a cheap refurbished Dell and loaded with Ubuntu Linux, he does all of the machine's administration through web-based interfaces ...

HFS stands for HTTP File Server, and it's a free app that makes it easy to set up and run a file server on Windows. Meant for making files available to your friends over the web, HFS has both download and upload modes, bandwidth control, HTML templates, user authentication, logging, and connection control, and can be toggled between Easy and Expert modes. On top of that, it's a 600kb download and ...