Is there any way to get a file of someone’s computer when you know their IP address. Example, let’s say my IP address was 200.22.36.41 and I have file on my c drive. I am using windows two dozen how I can give someone the direct address to that file using my IP address all the way down to my local hard drive. I’m thinking something like this 200.22.36.41:21/c:\test\hello_world.txt Would this work? Is it even possible? I have always wanted to know how one creates a tunnel through the internet to computer to computer.

There are a lot of ways.. but you'll generally need a server program for the protocol decide to use, on the host that should answer requests (or both :-). you wrote xx.xx.xx.xx:21 (port 21) which implies FTP, for example, -> need ftp server/daemon running on your computer. there are good ones for win, but i've forgotten their names ;) of course, you can also use other services like http (for which you need a http/"www" server), or ssh. btw. the subject was misleading, tunneling is something different ;)

ddddummy is right. The term your using is off. Tunnels are something we call when we transport on protocol or even the same protocol in another protocol. I.e. lets say you have a Novell network which uses IPX. The interenet uses IP. And on the other side of the internet in my network I am also using Novell IPX. How would it get across the internet? We make what we call a tunnel. That is to say we take the whole IPX packet and put it into an IP packet, ship it across the internet that talks IP, and then at the other end, strip off the IP packet, and Voila...the IPX packet that you sent is now in my network. Thats Tunneling. Your talking about access to your computer. And if you give out a public IP address, like the one you gave, it's more than possible, that's the way it all works. Any modern computer now a days act as both clients and servers.

I thought u needed a spade for digging tunnels.

thanks all: "Your talking about access to your computer. And if you give out a public IP address, like the one you gave, it's more than possible, that's the way it all works. Any modern computer now a days act as both clients and servers." this is what i am talking about: i saw somwthing like this //21.33.33.44/drive_c what is this called and is it possible. i need some things to refference. i have no idea what this is and how to use it.