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<blockquote data-quote="mm1352000" data-source="post: 714844" data-attributes="member: 82144">Hi FeyntYeah, in my opinion FTP isn't really suitable for what you are trying to do. FTP is simply a file transfer protocol - it doesn't support on-demand streaming. Shares is the way to go...In addition, you actually have to set up shares for the folders on the computer that you want to access. Right click on the folder, go to the &quot;sharing&quot; tab, select &quot;share this folder&quot;, click &quot;new share&quot;, give the share a name (this is important), then set user permissions on the share. After that, assuming you've set things up correctly you should be able to access the share using \\192.168.0.1\&lt;the-share-name-you-chose-earlier&gt;\Edit: Other things you need to consider are firewalls. You have to configure them to allow the shares to be visible on the computer that your mom will be using. It might be easiest to use Windows Explorer to troubleshoot your share accessibility. First try navigating to the share using the share syntax [in WE address bar] on the computer that is hosting the share. If that works then the share is available. Next step is to try in WE on the remote machine. If access fails then you have a firewall or permissions issue. If it works, then set the share up as a folder in MP and try to access it. If that fails then MP can't access the share because of a firewall issue...</blockquote>

[QUOTE="mm1352000, post: 714844, member: 82144"] Hi Feynt Yeah, in my opinion FTP isn't really suitable for what you are trying to do. FTP is simply a file transfer protocol - it doesn't support on-demand streaming. Shares is the way to go... In addition, you actually have to set up shares for the folders on the computer that you want to access. Right click on the folder, go to the "sharing" tab, select "share this folder", click "new share", give the share a name (this is important), then set user permissions on the share. After that, assuming you've set things up correctly you should be able to access the share using \\192.168.0.1\<the-share-name-you-chose-earlier>\ Edit: Other things you need to consider are firewalls. You have to configure them to allow the shares to be visible on the computer that your mom will be using. It might be easiest to use Windows Explorer to troubleshoot your share accessibility. First try navigating to the share using the share syntax [in WE address bar] on the computer that is hosting the share. If that works then the share is available. Next step is to try in WE on the remote machine. If access fails then you have a firewall or permissions issue. If it works, then set the share up as a folder in MP and try to access it. If that fails then MP can't access the share because of a firewall issue... [/QUOTE]

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