Semi large files over the Internet? [dynamic ips] [two computers]
Q: Hi guys,
My friends and I live in two different countries. I live in the U.S. and he lives in Norway. Is there a way to get large files over the Internet directly between two computers? We both use Windows XP Pro. Were both trying to IPs.
We dynamic broadband video and photo transfer of our families. We are tired of the limited storage on the free FTP sites.
We directly to transfer files securely over the broadband.
Thanks.
Re:Actually, I wouldn't use ICQ on a bet! Too many nutjobs trying to hack you.
guildFTPd (http://www.guildftpd.com/index.php) is a piece of cake to setup, and it's free. It'll allow you to run an FTP server without screwing around with ICQ.
Re:Just use ICQ for the easiest setup.
FTP is nice, but IIS FTP takes some knowledge to set up.
IRC takes a bit of work if you don't know how to use it.
Re:FTP:
One of you will need to run a server app and one will need to run a client app. Since you are both running XP pro, I am pretty sure that it has a basic FTP server program (could be wrong). If either one of you is behind a firewall, there could be some issues, especially if the files are large,
but ftp is the way to go.
Re:I sent a 700mb file to a friend in about 7 hours with FTP. I have a server that I fire up when we want to share something.
I have 3000/256 broadband, so obviously the limitation is the 256kbit upload speed.Re:Just install ftp on both computers. Don?t know how fast your upload is, my 256k cable connection takes forever to transfer big files.
Re:dcc (in IRC) or AIM come to mind as the easiest way to accomplish this, I do both fairly regularly.
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