How to copy files between computers on an ethernet switch?

[Darrin Chandler]

On Wed, May 23, 2007 at 11:10:10AM -0600, Josef Lowder wrote:
> .
> Is there an efficient way to copy files between two computers 
> on the same ethernet switch?  I would like to know what is the 
> most efficient way to copy files from one computers to another, 
> especially if there is a good way to do this when two computers 
> are on the same ethernet switch. 
> 
> I have been copying files to a flash stick and then physically
> moving the flash stick from one computer to another. 
> 
> And, I have ftp uploaded (copied) some files from one of my
> computers to my web space, and then downloaded the same files 
> to another computer. 
> 
> But it seems like there must be some more efficient way to 
> just send (ftp?) files from one computer to another on my 
> locate ethernet network. 
> 
> Or, could I connect two computers together via their usb ports 
> and transfer files that way? 

Yes, these computers are networked and you can transfer files directly
between them. There are a variety of methods you can use. Just loads of
methods...

Perhaps the easiest to get going from scratch would be to use scp, as
long as you have sshd running on one or both computers. Something like
"scp *.jpg 192.168.1.12:" would do the trick.

Alternatively, you can set up an ftp server on one computer, and access
it just like any other ftp server.

Also, you can set up samba to provide shares, like on windows...

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