Fastest way to send files between computers?

Energize · 27 Nov 2006 at 21:48

I'm looking for a fast way to send files between my computer and someone elses, the contents of the files dont need to be secure, would vpn be the best way of doing this?

benjo · 27 Nov 2006 at 21:49

Are these computers in the same house?

RadoX · 27 Nov 2006 at 21:51

lol virtual privte networks thaught those didnt exsist anymore

also get a near indistructble s1 mp3 player tape it to a firework and just aiom at his house

if he lives far away you better look up the ancient art of cannons

squiffy · 27 Nov 2006 at 21:51

Is it local or over a LAN? Do you have access to his computer? How many GB of data?

Over a LAN (100mps)
Remove his HD, plug into yours. Fastest
Portable USB HD, copy to that then onto yours. Or use a DAP.
DVD-RW.
Memory stick.
180K 5.25" floppies.
Data punch tape.

Stellios · 27 Nov 2006 at 21:58

Just dont do it over wireless, its taken my dad 7 hours to transfer 10.5GB onto my PC over 11B

silversurfer · 27 Nov 2006 at 22:13

How far is wireless is allowed to go. Could you beam over a file to someone half a mile away who's not on the internet maybe

Stellios · 27 Nov 2006 at 22:14

Nah, youll be lucky if it goes to the other end of your street.

Energize · 27 Nov 2006 at 22:18

The computers aren't in the same house, I already have a gigabit lan setup for that.

hyper_piper45 · 27 Nov 2006 at 22:32

Post him a dvd?

Energize · 27 Nov 2006 at 22:55

I dont want to have to wait days for the files to arrive there.

St0rmer66 · 27 Nov 2006 at 22:56

Get some hosting and set up an ftp?

Biffa · 27 Nov 2006 at 23:44

Speed of sending is probably going to depend on your uplink speed and the types of files you are sending. You don't go into detail but its likely the fastest you are going to be able to send to him is <400Kb/s as thats going to be the upper limit of a ADSL max connection.

Of course you might have SDSL in which case ignore me

But what sort of files are they? Are they compressed? How much data are we talking about?

A VPN would actually slow things down a bit. And as you said they don't need to be secure.

Beansprout · 27 Nov 2006 at 23:50

squiffy said:
Is it local or over a LAN? Do you have access to his computer? How many GB of data?

The_KiD · 28 Nov 2006 at 08:18

Something like the file transfer in MSN or IRC is going to probably be your quickest method if the files are quite large.

Not guaranteed to be the fastest file transfer speed, but certainly quicker than uploading it to one place then downloading it to another.

hyper_piper45 · 28 Nov 2006 at 13:21

Energize said:
I dont want to have to wait days for the files to arrive there.

If you sent it first class he would have it the next day.

zetec452 · 28 Nov 2006 at 13:26

Floppy via donkey post will do.

pinkaardvark · 28 Nov 2006 at 14:22

Stellios said:
Nah, youll be lucky if it goes to the other end of your street.

actually it can go several miles believe it or not. Wifi usually gets blocked by walls and other obstructions but when given a clear unobstructed range it can go very far indeed. try driving along some main roads where there are no apparent houses and you can pick up wifi networks as if from nowhere.

Energize · 28 Nov 2006 at 16:21

hyper_piper45 said:
If you sent it first class he would have it the next day.

Unfortunatley that never seems to be the case with rm and the person being in the isle of white, also it would end up being slower than sending the files accross the computer.

I'm using uk online adsl which is 768kbps upstream msn is always crap for sending files its always so slow even with loads of ports opened for it. The files are x.264 video files about 50mb or so big. I want to send it directly from my pc to someone elses, I don't see the point in hosting because it will just double the time it takes to send the file there.

Beansprout · 28 Nov 2006 at 16:27

Energize said:
Unfortunatley that never seems to be the case with rm and the person being in the isle of white, also it would end up being slower than sending the files accross the computer.

I'm using uk online adsl which is 768kbps upstream msn is crap for sending files its always so slow even with loads of ports opened for it.

*sigh*

If you answered the bloody questions in post #4 you would've had an answer by now. Instead:

Question: How do I do X?

A: Try Y?

Reply: Nah, won't work [obvious reason that you didn't tell us]

A: Ok, try Z?

Reply: Nah, won't work [obvious reason that you didn't tell us]

A: .... :rolleyes:

It seems FTP is the simplest way. One of you setup an FTP server or use some hosting.

Or, I could be wrong, because I don't bleeding know how much data you have. Sending over a bunch of DVDs may well be quicker, for example!

Beansprout · 28 Nov 2006 at 16:29

Energize said:
The files are x.264 video files about 50mb or so big. I want to send it directly from my pc to someone elses, I don't see the point in hosting because it will just double the time it takes to send the file there.

Right, so in the time we've spent faffing around in here it could've all been done. So amusing

Unless you have lots of these files, of course.

Oh, whatever, I give up! The frustration kills me! But FTP server is the way to go