Sending a file over the internet.

Vasquez · 21 Dec 2008 at 17:47

I'm currently on halls internet which has quite a hefty upload speed and with nobody in halls atm I thought I might be able to transfer some large files, but It says in my internet guide the network doesn't allow incoming connections so I was wondering if there was a program that would allow me to let people remotely transfer a file from my pc?

I guess I'm thinking along the lines of a private torrent but I don't have first idea how to set one up.

does anyone have any ideas?

Daegan · 21 Dec 2008 at 17:56

File Transfer Protocol is an obvious one. Have your friend set up an FTP server and try that.

Forget about torrents.

Edit: Last time I set up an FTP server I used this, no idea if there are better alternatives.

Caged · 21 Dec 2008 at 18:35

I sent 780mb over MSN Messenger yesterday

Yes I was prepared for it to fail spectacularly, but it went pretty quickly and worked, which was surprising.

Kobrakai · 21 Dec 2008 at 18:37

IRC is great for large file transfers.

Vasquez · 21 Dec 2008 at 19:19

cheers!

I shall investigate further

Skidilliplop · 24 Dec 2008 at 11:20

Daegan said:
File Transfer Protocol is an obvious one. Have your friend set up an FTP server and try that.

Forget about torrents.

Edit: Last time I set up an FTP server I used this, no idea if there are better alternatives.

Filezilla is my FTP server of choice, SSL option also makes it a bit more secure aswell if you're sharing live folders rather than a dedicated FTP directory.