Remote Connect

Sometimes we will be required to configure a remote system, for e.g:- a technical support officer in India will be informed to configure the web server running in US data center, in such cases we will be required to use programs that help in remote connectivity.

For windows (Windows XP/ 2003 server) we have remote desktop connection, that help to connect to a remote windows desktop and we can configure it the same way as we configure our desktop machine.

For that follow the steps

1. Remote desktop connection from Start->All programs->Accessories->Communications->Remote Desktop Connection.
2. You will be prompted for the computer you want connect to, enter the IP address or the domain name of the computer you want connect to (eg:- 59.129.180.121 or myserver.com), if you are trying to connect to a system in the same local area network as yours then enter the system name
3. Click Options and enter the user name and Password
4. Click Connect
5. Then if the details provided are all correct then you will be connected to the remote dektop and you can work on it as the same way as you work with yours
6. Also verify that you have checked the Allow remote assistance invitations to be sent from this computer (Select Start-> Control Panel -> System -> Remote)

At the server side you must setup the system so that it is ready to accept remote desktop connectivity, for that you want do is that

1. Select System from Start->Control Panel
2. Select the Remote tab
3. Check Allow users to connect remotely to this computer
4. Click Apply
5. Also you can select the users who can be permitted to access the computer remotely by selecting the Select remote users
6. Select Windows Firewall from Control panel
7. Select the exceptions tab
8. Check the Remote desktop and click OK

Also check at the server side that you have enabled NAT (is explained in the previous article)

FTP Server on Windows XP

Today want a talk about how did I setup an FTP server on my windows XP. For this I used Filezilla server. First I donwloaded the Filezilla server and installed on my Windows XP based desktop PC. Then I edited the settings for the Filezilla server, for that I opened the server interface and changed the welcome message and added a group and few users to it. The steps are noted as below,

1. Downloaded and installed filezilla on my desktop PC named desktop
2. Opened the admin interface clicked OK after entering the server address (127.0.0.1 by default) , port and admin password
3. Selected the menu Edit->Settings
4. From the left tree view selected General settings->Welcome message
5. Changed the custom welcome message and clicked OK
6. Then selected menu Edit->Groups
7. On the right of the window clicked Add, then Entered the group Name "ftp users" and clicked OK
8. Created a folder named ftp on the D- drive
9. Clicked shared folders on left and clicked the add button on left side
   
10. Selected the folder d:\ftp, set the permissions (read/write/execute etc) and clicked OK
    
11. Selected menu Edit->Users
12. Clicked Add on right side and added user "ftp user" and selected the group he belongs to, i.e "ftp users"
13. Set the password for the user
14. Selected shared folders on left side and added the folder d:\ftp and set the permissions for the folder
15. Clicked Ok
16. Finally on Start->Control panel select windows firewall and select Advanced tab and select the Connection you are using (eg:- Local area connection-LAN), and click settings and then check the FTP server in the list showing the services running on your computer the click OK twice
    
17. Test the ftp server from other computer on the network using the url ftp://desktop, if you are using filezilla client enter the desktop as host and enter userid and password click quick connect

Download filezilla server and client programs from http://filezilla-project.org/