Here are two things I just discovered today. I dont know if they have been posted before but I found it really useful and a great way to exchange files with friends or to just control your xbox media center from your pc. Below are the steps I took to configure it to work. First: DDNS These are dynamic DNS. No matter what my public IP address is if you type in your DDNS it will foward it to your public ip address. This means you don't need to have a static IP address and instead of remembering the numbers of the IP you can simply remember the name. I did this by signing up for an account at http://www.no-ip.com/ (which is free) I know there are others out there. You want to put in your public ip address and set it as a DNA Host(A) An example of your DDNS host name would be XBOX.no-ip.org So you or your friends can simply type ftp://xbox:xbox@xbox.no-ip.org and gain access to your xbox files anywhere! Same idea applies to the webserver its just using different ports (80 by default) Second: I set up the servers in XBMC Just set the webserver to on in the network settings and then the servers tab of XBMC and leave the port on 80. Put a Password if you want but I left it default. The FTP is set up by default but you can change your username pw and port if you want to. Third: The router I had to configure my router a bit. I first set my router to work with the DDNS (linksys has both this and the port fowarding cababilities) See picture 1 I then fowarded the ports See Picture 2 This is great because you can trade files with friends via ftp (can set it on your XBMC to have a default link to your friends xbox) Or control all of your music and videos from your pc with the webserver. I'm sure you can do this with other dashs but I tried this with xbox media center (it was a 6/2006 build) You can also edit your webserver by modifing the web folder in the XBMC directory. Be careful when using the configuration tool in the webserver as I believe you can do some damage to your configuration and possibly make your xbox a paperweight (Unless its modded of coarse ) Have fun and please post if you discover anything else!
Excellent... concept but why use a 3rd party like no-ip.com when you could use your own PC to accomplish the same by just using Internet Information Server (IIS), a feature already on your PC. You just turn it on and edit your PC's host file.
Good to know, I figured a lot of people either don't know how to use IIS but also by using a router you can assign different services to different computers on the network (i.e vpn, ftp, etc) I'm not sure if you can do this with IIS, you probably can though. Anyway thanks for the info I love learning new things
