How to access files on a Home Lan From the internet

[BorgMan]

Is there a way to access files/shares on a Linux samba server on a home LAN from any web browser and in a secure fashion ( kind of what the Mirra server does) ? I was reading about Davenport WebDAV-SMG Gateway but I did not understand if it worked over https. At

http://davenport.sourceforge.net/

it said the following:

***********************************************************To list the shares on an SMB server "smbserver" you would enter into your web browser:

http://davserver:8080/smbserver/

"davserver" is the server on which Davenport is running (by default, the container will run on port 8080).
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One question is would the i.p. address of the samba server go in place of "davserver" ? Would this i.p. address need to be a registered static i.p. address? I am relatively new at networking so I hope that these questions make sense.

 

[AUSIPO]

Firstly i wold try and look for a VPN that would allow you to run on both Linux and Windows.


ALSO i do reccomend that you get a static ip ... saves you getting syck down the line.. it easer if you just have one to remember..

 

[BorgMan]

Yes, a friend here at work also said that I needed a static i.p. address or to use a dynamic name service such as DynDns.org. Thanks for the reply.

BorgMan,