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August 18, 2005

FTP Server 101

One of our most popular articles, FTP Server 101: A Beginner's Guide goes over the basics of setting up an FTP server.

So you’d like to start sharing files across the Internet, allowing visitors to get these files at their own convenience. Where do you start?

Unless you have your FTP site outsourced to a virtual hosting company, you’ll need a computer with adequate storage space for your FTP site. This computer will become your FTP server and, similar to a Web server, will need a constant connection to the Internet (i.e. a T1, Cable, DSL or ISDN connection). This computer may or may not be the same computer that hosts your Website.

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