On Fri, 10 Oct 2003 at 01:35 GMT, Naitik Shah penned: > Easiest would be to install ssh on your linux box, and use a SFTP > client (many freely available) to connect to your linux box, and well, > copy the files as if you're using ftp! > > Can you get online from your laptop? I mean, can you ping anything > else on the internet from your laptop? If not, the network > configuration might not be working too well. >
Two things: One, ssh adds encryption overhead (I believe), so it will be slower than a non-encrypted transfer (am I wrong here?) Two, a friend sucked down a bunch of large files from my machine using SFTP, then scp, and deemed scp much faster. -- monique Unless you need to share ultra-sensitive super-spy stuff with me, please don't email me directly. I will most likely see your post before I read your mail, anyway. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]