Re: File Transfer

On the note of a crossover cable (a few posts below), please note that 
gigabit nic's do auto-MDIX and do not require crossover cables.  So if 
one of your machines has a gigabit nic you can just plug them into each 
other with a patch cable if necessary.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medium_Dependent_Interface

On 12/14/12 1:42 PM, Rafael Troncoso wrote:
> Another option to add to the list it is Samba. I don't know if you have or
> eventually will have a windows box in your network, but with Samba you will
> also be able to transfer files between linux/windows boxes.
>
> If this is a one shot thing and you don't want to mess with networking
> stuff, use a USB drive.
>
> Thanks
>
>
> On Fri, Dec 14, 2012 at 12:43 PM, The Donald Cowart <[email protected]>wrote:
>
>> Since you have the two computers already plugged into a DSL modem it sounds
>> like they may already be on the same network.  I suggest first checking
>> that the IP addresses are on the same subnet ( That the first 3 numbers
>> match, like 192.168.1.XXX)  If so then you can use any of the linux built
>> in tools to copy the files.
>>
>> Given you know the ip address of the destination computer, using the
>> command line:
>>
>> scp -r <mydir> <username>@<ip_of_dest>:/<destDir>
>>
>> scp stands for secure copy and is usually part of the ssh package.  It
>> should ask you for a password and then start copying files.
>> This is a basic linux command that you should get familiar with if you
>> haven't used it before.
>>
>> ---
>> To jump to the 2000's and their cool GUI's: in Gnome... open a folder
>> (usually any folder with files) Click "Go" on the menu bar, then "Open
>> Location..."
>>
>> it will open an address window, from here enter "sftp://<username>@comp2"
>> and it will prompt you for <username>'s password and then open a window
>> viewing thier files.
>>
>> This works about the same in KDE, i just don't have the button clicks handy
>> to tell you how to do it that way.
>>
>> Hope this info helps.
>>
>> --Donald
>>
>>
>>
>> On Fri, Dec 14, 2012 at 11:53 AM, Brett Michaels <[email protected]
>>> wrote:
>>> A crossover network cable?
>>> I didn't know there were such things!
>>> Anyhow, I'll try my luck with #3.
>>> "sshd" I assume stands for "solid statew hardrive" and I don't have one
>> of
>>> those.
>>> Thanks for the replies.
>>>
>>> On Mon, Dec 10, 2012 at 7:49 AM, Ovi Dimulescu <[email protected]>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Asuming you are CLI oriented several options:
>>>>
>>>> 1. rsync (requires rsyncd or sshd running on destination)
>>>> 2. scp (requires sshd running on destination)
>>>> 3. tar to console | netcat on the source then netcat | tar from console
>>> on
>>>> the destination
>>>>
>>>> #1 is probably cleanest and also keeps track of what changed since last
>>>> transfer
>>>>
>>>> #3 is handy for one-offs when you have lots of smaller files ...
>>>>
>>>> If you have large files and don't have Gigabit switch on the DSL modem
>>> you
>>>> may want to connect the two machines directly via a cross-over network
>>>> cable.
>>>>
>>>> HTH,
>>>> -Ovi
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On 12/10/12 2:46 AM, Brett Michaels wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> How do you transfer files between 2 computers hooked up to the same
>> dsl
>>>>> modem?
>>>>> One PC has Debian, the other has Mint.
>>>>> The smaller Dell has Debian and I would like to transfer all the video
>>>>> files from it to the PC with more storage, but have no idea how to do
>>> this
>>>>> other than using a flash drive.
>>>>> Is there a better way?
>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>> Hugh
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Donald Cowart
>> http://www.rdex.net/
>>
>
>


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