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FileZillaConfig: Edit Config File & Users Settings Without Opening FileZilla Server

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A while back, we brought you a guide on how to configure FileZilla Server to create personal FTP server in order to let your friends and family easily connect to your PC via FTP clients. FileZilla Server requires setting up Groups and Users features to categorize users into separate groups. You can set file access permissions for users who belong to a specific group, add new users to group, change username and password, and add/remove shared folders. Although FileZilla Server Interface provides a simple way to change the Group and Users related settings, it doesn’t provide a direct way to modify the file access permissions, add & delete users, and change users’ passwords, as one has to bring up the FileZilla Server Interface and then open Users panel to perform the said actions. FileZillaConfig is an open source application that reads Users settings from FileZilla Server.xml file and allows you to change file access permissions of any selected user. It even lets you add new users, view user’s group, remove shared folders and change users’ passwords. Details to follow after the jump. Read More

Windows Server 8: New Features And Troubleshooting Instructions

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Microsoft recently unveiled the new Windows 8 Developer Build to familiarize developers with the upcoming version of Windows operating system. It is a well known fact that Microsoft often releases its Server based operating system shortly after a client OS release. We recently saw the release of Windows Server Developer Preview edition aka Windows Server 8. Other than significant Windows 8 user interface specific changes, Windows Server 8 has come with a number of enhancements which has made it more optimized for cloud computing. Read More

NetRoute – Use Network PC As TCP/IP Router To Achieve Server Load Balancing

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There are certainly endless ways in which server load management techniques can be implemented on network. Before applying any of the techniques, system administrators have to consider the total number of nodes connected in the network, server response time, and in some cases, the rate of data transmission between nodes acting as member servers and main servers. In server-member server-client network architecture, load balancing methodologies can’t be applied unless we know how much data has to pass through routers and what type of response clients are seeking when data send and receive requests are made. Read More

KouakOS Is Easy-To-Use HTTP File Sharing Server In Heterogeneous LAN

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In large heterogeneous network environment, it’s often required to install a bunch of services and applications on server(s) and client systems to seamlessly transfer data. Since it becomes quite a wearisome task to first install each file sharing related package on system running different OS, you must be seeking a simple way to access other computers connected over network without having to set up FTP server prior to send and respond to data transfer requests. KouakOS is an open source application offering a portable HTTP file server. Read More

LXiMedia – Create DLNA Compatible TV, Xbox 360, And PS3 Media Server

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LXiMedia is an open source DLNA (Digital Living Network Alliance) compatible media server application, which can fully transcode media in any selected format and allows streaming in real time across the network. LXimedia is designed to stream videos, music and photos to DLNA complaint television and media players (including PS3 and XBox 360). You can also stream media from one PC and view it (in a browser) on another, without the need of installing LXiMedia on both systems. Read More

Perform Network Throughput Test On Wired And Wireless Networks

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Network throughput is measured as the average rate of successful message delivery over a communication channel. The data may be delivered over a link, or pass through a certain network node and is usually measured in bits per second, data packets per second or data packets per time slot. TamoSoft Throughput Test is an application for performing network throughput test on wired and wireless networks. The test is performed using a client server setup which requires at least two machines (physical or virtual, the former being more reliable for testing). The client connects to the server and sends TCP and UDP data streams while computing important metrics, such as upstream and downstream throughput values, packet loss, and round-trip time. The results are displayed in numeric and 3D chart formats. The available information can be saved as a bitmap or copied to clipboard for further review. Another good feature of this application is that it supports both IPv4 and IPv6 connections and can evaluate network performance based on the Quality of Service (QoS) settings. Read More

Transfer Files From One Server To Another Using FTP Rush

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FTP Rush is an FTP client which provides robust features, such as, assigning custom mouse actions, built in scripts/commands, and support for SFTP and FXP  (File Exchange Protocol). Other supported formats include FTP and TFTP. FTP Rush is quite similar to FileZilla. However, it's settings appear somewhat easier to configure than the former, with the option to easily assign mouse actions for execution of common tasks according to defined parameters. Read More

FileShuttle – Upload Files To Your Web Server via Drag & Drop [Mac]

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If you’re looking for a simple tool which makes the whole process of uploading files to your server seamless, you should try out FileShuttle. It’s a small app for Mac which is developed to quickly upload files to user-specified web storage. Unlike other complex FTP/SFTP desktop clients, it requires nothing more than the basic FTP server details, such as, username and password, host address, server path, etc., to establish connection, so you can easily upload the files to your web server. FileShuttle can automatically upload screenshots without requiring any input from your end. You just need to take screenshot using default hotkey combination and it will start uploading it. The usage is simple. Just drag the file(s) which is to be uploaded over its dock icon to begin uploading process. If you drop multiple files, it will instantly pack them in ZIP container and then upload the ZIP file to specified server location. Read More

Track Server Response Time With Free Ping Tool

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If you’ve recently developed a website and want to check the server response time, you should try using FreePing Tool. It is a GUI-based application which is responsible to ping host address to track the overall server up time. It is particularly developed for web publishers who need to keep multiple websites under their tight scrutiny for reporting and addressing server down time problems. While it shows the status for each listed website, it can automatically create graphs for all the defined host addresses to track server response time visually.  System administrators can deploy it in a large scale network to consistently check response time of servers, member-servers, routers and other devices which keep network operations stable. Read More

Apply Automatic Updates To Computers Offline With WSUS Offline Update

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Windows Server Update Services (WSUS) is a server that downloads Windows Automatic Updates and deploys them via the network to other systems. This eliminates the need to apply automatic updates to each system individually. For example, if a large corporation has thousands of computers, it can be near impossible to apply selective updates to each system individually. Leaving the automatic update option enabled for each system will also choke bandwidth as thousands of systems will be downloading updates separately. A remedy to this problem is to make a WSUS server which updates all system even when they are not connected to the internet. WSUS Offline is a freeware that downloads Microsoft's Automatic Updates for the Windows Server Update Services. Read More

Monitor And Troubleshoot Multiple Hosts (Networks) With Pinkie

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You must have noticed that over the last few days we have covered some articles regarding network troubleshooting via the command prompt. There are many GUI (Graphical User Interface) based network troubleshooting tools as well that can help you trace a route, ping multiple hosts, perform forward and reverse DNS lookup, etc. Pinkie is a suite of network troubleshooting utilities pack into one easy-to-use graphical interface, that allows users to troubleshoot multiple network related problems. Read More

Monitor FTP Server Changes With FTP Guard

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FTP Guard is a FTP server monitoring application which is developed to keep tab on all the changes which may occur in user-defined directory. Web publishers and system administrators who want to instantly look for modifications and updates regarding file structures/folder hierarchy will find this useful. The application has an ability of monitoring content in two modes – automatic and manual. You can either go for manual inspection of file structures and folders or let it automate the whole monitoring system. By default, it checks for changes after every 10 minutes, however, time interval can be changed in order to minimize network bandwidth usage. Read More

Monitor Health Of Your MySQL Servers And Visualize Trends via Real Time Charts

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Mysql Monitor Tool is an opensource java application developed to monitor health of your multiple MySQL server instances. It comes with simple interface and multi-threaded mechanism to check the running instances on different scales. Using this application, you can chart all the running instances of MySQL to keep them under your surveillance, view and record process list of all servers, customize graph plotting, and record chart data. Read More

DNS Benchmark: Local And Remote DNS Nameserver Performance Benchmark

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DNS Benchmark is a benchmark utility which is developed to analyze open DNS servers speed and other response-time related parameters to let you decide which DNS server should be used. According to the developer, it is built to check ‘How fast and reliable your ISP’s DNS server is, when compared to other open DNS servers’? It conducts several tests and generate a detailed report, which lets you do DNS server reliability and speed comparisons. Read More

Accounts Tuner: Advanced Security Settings For Windows User Accounts

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Accounts Tuner allows users to access added security settings for Windows accounts. You will not be able to change some of these settings using the build-in User Accounts in Windows. It is a freeware application that must be installed on your system. You can launch the program, even if you do not have administrative rights; however, in this case, you can only view system information that is displayed on the application’s main interface. If, on the other hand, you logon as Administrator, you can edit all enhanced security settings for your user accounts. Read More

Mount FTP Server As Local Drive In Windows 7

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Many of you will be frustrated to find out that there is hardly any way to mount an FTP server as local drive in Windows 7. Yes, Microsoft has always provided an option to map a network location but this is not helpful for many users. The benefit of mounting an FTP or WebDav server as local drive is that many backup and 3rd party tools are easily able to recognize the drive and allow operations to be performed on them just like a local drive. Read More

Manage Multiple Windows Remote Desktop Connections

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For lab administrators and data center managers, the need for remote desktop connections is very frequent. They may need to perform various system tasks, perform automated system checks, install/uninstall software, manage permissions for various users and what not. With a large setup, it can become really tedious to establish manual connections to each system using Windows’ built-in remote connection client. Hence having a tool to manage them all becomes necessary. Read More

How To Set The Best Download Server In Ubuntu Linux

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The are a couple of ways in which you can install additional software in Ubuntu, you can either do so from a CD or from the Internet. Mostly these are installed from the Internet and you will usually install additionally required modules from command line or from Synaptic Package Manager. Whatever method you follow, Ubuntu downloads the software's package files from the Internet and installs it on your system. Now, if you want to speed up the download, then you will need to set the best server. Read More

Script For Saving Iptables And Restoring Them After Server Restart In Ubuntu

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If you are like me who’s website is hosted on Ubuntu server, there will arise a need when you will need to block certain IP addresses. These IP addresses are mostly spam and malicious that never benefits you in any way. In my post a few weeks back I discussed how to add IP addresses to Iptables quickly. But in a worse case scenario when you need to restart your server, all data in iptables will be lost. So how would you make sure that the data is not lost and can be restored?

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