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Eric the Red · Mar 15th, 2007, 12:31 PM

Well.. this is on same topic anyways.. let me know if I should start a new thread for this question:

I want to share a network drive with someone else over the internet. Normally, I just use Win Xp from my local network and "map network drive" 192.168.1.104 with a username root and a password.

Does anyone know if I can actually share this network drive over the internet? So that I can access it from school? I'm guessing by setting up port forwarding on my router it can connect to the local IP (at home), 192.168.1.104. But can this actually work? and how would I connect if my IP address if my IP from home was '142.55.208.186'.

Also, is there a big security risk with this?

Any ideas?

Mar 15th, 2007, 12:31 PM	#8
Eric the Red Hobbyist Programmer Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 214 Rep Power: 0	Well.. this is on same topic anyways.. let me know if I should start a new thread for this question: I want to share a network drive with someone else over the internet. Normally, I just use Win Xp from my local network and "map network drive" 192.168.1.104 with a username root and a password. Does anyone know if I can actually share this network drive over the internet? So that I can access it from school? I'm guessing by setting up port forwarding on my router it can connect to the local IP (at home), 192.168.1.104. But can this actually work? and how would I connect if my IP address if my IP from home was '142.55.208.186'. Also, is there a big security risk with this? Any ideas? __________________ Death smiles at us all. All a man can do is smile back.