sv_downloardurl ftp?

[cpt.joo]

Hey i thought i would try to get into the sv_downloadurl world and so i have read the tutorials in the tutorial section. My question is does it need to be a webserver like http://www.mysite.com or can i use my ftp site- http://ftp.xx.xx.xx.xx as a download url.
Right now i have

sv_downloadurl "ftp://xx.xx.xx.xx/TF2" in the server cfg.
If i cannot use an ftp is there any failry simple way to create an http server?.

Thx.

[cpt.joo]

Bah sorry about the post. i finally found my answer on page like 6 of the search=p. It seems i cannot use an FTP as the sv_downloadurl.

Is it possible to install a webserver on the external HDD on my network? or does it have to be on a pc?

[Mooga]

The web server needs to be on a computer. The files can be on an external HDD, but it would be slow and it still need to be connected to a computer running a web server. You can install your own, or several people offer cheap hosts...

[Drocona]

I think there was a guy that made a PHP script with downloadurl load balancing and FTP redirection, I'll see if I can find it somewhere but.... dunno what it was called

[cpt.joo]

Iam still learning those big (short words) =p. Sounds like there is a way to "trick" the game into thinking its comming from a webserver but its really an FTP?
thx =)

[Drocona]

It works like this:

you set sv_downloadurl to something like http://mydomain.com/downloadurl.php

the php receives the request and redirects it to a server with the least load, as php can also direct to FTP it should be possible to get it from an FTP server this way.