Sharing as http or https over LAN.

[cranky]

As it says in the title, I could really use some help.

I have some local drives on one of my machines that I would like to browse from another room while the PC is on. I would like to access it using the remote drives application on my Nokia N85, which can connect to drives as http and not FTP, and my router can only set up ftp services on attached USB drives.

So,

I need a step-by-step 'for dummies' style tut on how to get this working. I'm running Windows 7 64-bit, and I do already use a username and password on the machine to simplify network access. The drive is a 1.5TB internal unit, if it helps. Google points me in all directions, specially towards makers of external hard drives... And some references to FileZilla, but I can't figure out how to set up a server over http.

If it is even possible.

Thanks for the help

 

[whatsinaname]

Have you tried installing Apache HTTP server on your machine? As long as your router does not block ports, http://machineIP:port/ will give you access to your machine. You can of course setup access options with read/write permissions.

Found a lifehacker post. You can try this and ignore the steps that are for setting it up for access from outside your network.

http://lifehacker.com/124212/geek-to-live--how-to-set-up-a-personal-home-web-server

 

[cranky]

Thanks for the reply

I'll try Apache and report on progress.

 

[jsmithe]

Running a http server for internal use (on your own network/intranet) doesn't get any easier than HFS:

HFS ~ HTTP File Server

For an easy to setup FTP server for internal use (on your own network/intranet) try Quick N' Easy FTP Server :

Quick 'n Easy FTP Server