Setting up FreeNAS, a popular open-source network attached storage (NAS) solution, is not a difficult task. Here's how to get started and configure a working home server.

Enter Copyparty, a one-file, one-language file server that's installed in seconds, and gives you local access to the device it's installed on from any device with a web browser on your home network.

In this guide, we show you the steps set up a USB flash drive with multiple partitions to use different file systems or use BitLocker to protect a region of the drive with encryption.

You'll of course need to set a static address on your FreeNAS system by choosing option one on the Console Setup Screen.