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funny thing: i recently happened into the solution to that age-old question of "how do i transfer some file(s) between two computers in the same room". i now ru
by colinsane 3y ago
funny thing: i recently happened into the solution to that age-old question of "how do i transfer some file(s) between two computers in the same room". i now run an anonymous FTP server on my laptop, open to the LAN. prior to this Dropbox _was_ one of the solutions, but recently i've used that FTP server for the job several times with both Linux and Windows users.
yet, you jest.
- jtriangle 3y agoSamba also works just fine for that job.
- bee_rider 3y agoSometimes I’ll just throw up python -m http.server In a directory as a lazy way to transfer a file (especially to my phone). It is not encrypted, and I wouldn’t be that surprised if it was also vulnerable in some ways, but it sure is easy (and it is only for lan, and pretty brief).
- jasonladuke0311 3y agoExactly what I do as well
- quesera 3y agoIf you're fortunate enough to have Ruby installed, you can save three full keystrokes: ruby -run -e httpd
- bsder 3y agoThe keywords you want for that file transfer are "Magic Wormhole". Yes, it works on Windows, Linux, and OS X.
- foresto 3y agoMagic Wormhole is great, but sometimes unbearably slow for bulk transfers. (I imagine the public relay server used for the common NAT-to-NAT case is sometimes overloaded.)
- bsder 3y agoHis comment was: "how do i transfer some file(s) between two computers in the same room". All the problems with NAT traversal should be avoided in that case.
- foresto 3y agoFair, but my comment is for other readers, too. (Also, being in the same room doesn't always mean direct connection is allowed. I've seen wifi networks that forbid it.)
- vonjuice 3y agoDid you try syncthing?
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