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Make a network drive available over the internet?
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Mar 15, 2026207722 viewsConfidence Score0%
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I recently built a small server machine, using Ubuntu Server and Samba, to act as a file server (among other things) so that my entire family can access certain files over the network from Windows machines. However, I would love to take this a step further and have the shares be accessible over the…
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With Samba, you would have to expose TCP port 445 to the outside – usually this involves configuring "port forwarding" in your router. Additionally, you must make sure that your external IP address is pingable from the outside. After this, you'll be…
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