DJ Plan B Posted July 16, 2008 Share Posted July 16, 2008 I'm trying to figure out how to turn my tower into a server of sorts so I can access all my music, movies, pictures, and documents from pretty much anywhere. I'm relatively new to setting up servers and configuring ports/firewalls, so keeping things in laymans terms would be most appreciated. my router is an apple airport extreme (802.11n) and i have time warner cable internet if that helps. i use a macbook for work, and rather than carrying an external harddrive with everything on there, i'd like to just be able to set up a server that i can log on to from anywhere with an internet connection. i've tried using apple remote desktop, and enabling remote access on the tower, but for some reason i can't get it to connect unless they're both on the same network. not sure what else to do. any help would be most appreciated. Cheers! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RollingMac Posted July 16, 2008 Share Posted July 16, 2008 Well, you can install a FTP server software or use Apple's built-in FTP sharing to set up a FTP server and just make sure you configure your router to re-route the request to the correct port on your hackintosh server. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJ Plan B Posted July 17, 2008 Author Share Posted July 17, 2008 how do i go about figuring out which port(s) is/are available and open, and to make sure the router is routing/fowarding the request to that port? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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