files share network windows

Hello friend welcome to how to share files over the internet on Windows Browse to the folder with the content that you want to share Choose everyone who shares the contents with anyone Choose Read/Write to allow users to list, open, modify, delete, upload, and create new files and folders Click Network and Sharing Center link You need to enable the “Turn on network discovery” and "Turn on file and printer sharing" files share network windows


share files over network windows


Turn off password-protected sharing If you have Windows Firewall running on your computer, then the security feature will block any connections trying to access the Sharing Files. Use the steps below to allow the SMB server through the firewall Open the Settings app and go to Windows security Click on Inbound Rules (in the left pane). In the right pane, click the new rule, select Port and click on Next. Type the number 445,


in the Specific local ports option Choose "Allow the Connection", click Next, and select "Private" "Public" "Domain" for the network option Give the rule a name. For e.g. SMB Next configure port forwarding on your router Access the router by browsing the router IP address through


 a web browser Give a name for example SMB Enter 445 in both Public Port box and Private Port box Open command prompt and type IP config to get your IP address

Enter your computer IP address in private IP Box This is my wan IP address, this information will be used in the next step You need to restart your computer to apply all the settings Let's test if it works Next, Mapping a Network Drive on another Windows PC Open File Explorer and select This PC


Click the Map network drive drop-down, then select "Map network drive". Enter the public IP which you got in the previous step, then enter a shared folder You can now open, modify, delete, upload, and create new files and folders You can now open, modify, delete, upload, and create new files and folder

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