Idiot's guide to FMS

I have a number of video and audio files that I want placed
on my site. My web designer know how to generate swf and flv files
but doesn't know any scripting or coding.
I came across FMS which seems to be the answer to everything
so I downloaded and installed it on a Windows server. I've been
trying for 3 days to get it to work.
All documentation deals with scripting on server or client.
Is there a beginner's guide? As I said: I want to put the flv
file in a folder and stream it to web clients. I don't want a live
stream, interactive stuff, webcam or such. Just stream a simple
file.
Any help would be appreciated.

First of all you need to have a VPN server to connect to.
Do you want to connect to an existing VPN server or run a VPN server on your mac?
I will assume you want to vpn from your iphone back to your mac at home.
There is a VPN server included with leopard however there is only a GUI for it in Leopard Server.
If you dont have Leopard Server you can use iVPN
Then you need to configure your router to allow vpn traffic into your network.
What is the make and model of your router?
here is a list of well known ports used by Apple Software products.
It list the ports you need to open on your router for VPN and l2TP.
You need to give your mac a fixed IP address. Then forward the relevant ports from your router to the IP address of your mac.
Then if your ISP does not give you a static Public IP address you need to get a dynamic domain name from http://dyndns.com
regarding a vpn client for your iphone there are dozens available from the App store I cant recommend one as I have not fully evaluated any of them.
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