How to copy files between computers on an ethernet switch?

[Dan Lund]

Sometimes you just have to assume some things when someone asks for
ways to transfer files over a network.
Call me crazy....



On 5/23/07, Michael Sammartano <volinaz at cox.net> wrote:
> I am thinking some of you missed the basics, but I may be wrong. He first
> and foremost must give the 2 computers ip addresses. After that he can just
> share a folder. If I am reading this correctly, there is no reason to make
> it a "secure" transfer as there are no other computers on the switch that
> wouls be accessing the 2 computers in question.
> ---- Jeremy Miller <jmminaz at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> =============
> Yet another way to do that is sftp. It acts just like an ftp server
> and is set up and runs automaticaly if you have ssh running. Assuming
> you are Linux to Linux the command to initiate it is
> username at ip-adress and then you get an ftp console. If one of the
> computers is an M$ or mac or you just don't like command line you can
> use Filezilla as a client by the Mozilla project. If neither of the
> computers is a Linux box I would recomend trying to find a windows
> user group ; ) Hope you can get something working.
>
> On 5/23/07, Darrin Chandler <dwchandler at stilyagin.com> wrote:
> > 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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