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How can I map to an FTP server as a drive?

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A. Its possible to configure a machine to map to a FTP server as a drive (for instance the Microsoft site) providing the machine runs both NetBEUI and TCP/IP. Perform the following:

  1. Perform a NSLOOKUP for the FTP site, e.g.
    nslookup ftp.microsoft.com
    make a note of the IP address
  2. Edit the LMHOSTS file (in %systemroot%\system32\drivers\etc)
  3. Add line
    <ip address> MicrosoftFTP #PRE
    e.g. 207.46.133.140 MicrosoftFTP #PRE
  4. Save the file
  5. Open a CMD.EXE session. Enter command:
    nbtstat -R
    This purges and reloads the name table cache
  6. Type command:
    net view \\MicrosoftFTP
    You should see information on the site
  7. Now map a drive (to share data)
    net use * \\MicrosoftFTP\data /user:anonymous
  8. All done. It will pass a drive letter for the connection

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Reader Comments
This tip doesn't work for me.
Is there any other thing I miss out?
I need the way to make this tips work, any idea?

Chan Yen Jet August 31, 2000


But what if the FTP server does not run on port 21 ??

Albert Vos October 11, 2000


I tried to use this tip with W2000 (both server and client) but it does not work. Any suggestion?

Enrico Di Cesare February 06, 2001


I tried this too on Windows 2000 Pro, and couldn't get it to work.

John Savill, what am I doing wrong?!

Nanda Holyoak December 10, 2002


It didn't work for me either, I'm on windows 2000 with SP4. Does this tip work on 2000?

Eva Tam July 02, 2004


You need Netuei installed as a network service on the FTP machine for this to work.

Anonymous User March 17, 2005 (Article Rating: )


Oops NETBEUI that is. That has to be installed on the FTP server.

http://www.kandleconsulting.com

Anonymous User March 17, 2005 (Article Rating: )


This solution has nothing to do with FTP. It applies to mapping a drive to ANY server running NetBEUI. The real question should be how to get a mapped drive to reference an ftp address using the FTP protocol, for example, how to map ftp://anonymous@ftp.microsoft.com to a drive letter. Aside from using third party utilities (like WebDrive), I haven't found a way to do this.

Anonymous User March 26, 2005 (Article Rating: )


This isn't FTP. The author is a moron.

Anonymous User April 14, 2005 (Article Rating: )


Use NetDrive from Novell for FTP.

Anonymous User April 21, 2005 (Article Rating: )


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