Re: Transfer of files from laptop to desktop

2003-10-10 Thread Alex Malinovich
On Fri, 2003-10-10 at 12:37, David Z Maze wrote: > Trey Sizemore <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > I have a work laptop running Win2000 that has a large number of files I > > would like to transfer to my home Linux desktop. What would be the > > easiest way to do this? > > Install Cygwin (http:/

Re: Transfer of files from laptop to desktop

2003-10-10 Thread David Z Maze
Trey Sizemore <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I have a work laptop running Win2000 that has a large number of files I > would like to transfer to my home Linux desktop. What would be the > easiest way to do this? Install Cygwin (http://www.cygwin.com/), which gives you a familiar bash shell under

Re: Transfer of files from laptop to desktop

2003-10-09 Thread Trey Sizemore
On Thu, 2003-10-09 at 23:00, Roberto Sanchez wrote: > It is very simple. > > Step 1: apt-get install bsd-ftpd OR apt-get install wuftpd > Step 2: check that your iptables rules (if any) allow incoming port 21 > Step 3: fire up ftp client in w2k and give it the host (IP, or hostname > if

Re: Transfer of files from laptop to desktop

2003-10-09 Thread Roberto Sanchez
Monique Y. Herman wrote: Two things: One, ssh adds encryption overhead (I believe), so it will be slower than a non-encrypted transfer (am I wrong here?) Absolutely. My fileserver is a PentiumPro 200 with 128 MB RAM. scp/sftp file transfers top out at 1.9-2 MB/s ftp/wget file transfers top out a

Re: Transfer of files from laptop to desktop

2003-10-09 Thread Roberto Sanchez
Trey Sizemore wrote: On Thu, 2003-10-09 at 21:35, Naitik Shah wrote: 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

RE: Transfer of files from laptop to desktop

2003-10-09 Thread Joyce, Matthew
> -Original Message- > From: Monique Y. Herman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, 10 October 2003 12:11 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: Transfer of files from laptop to desktop > > > On Fri, 10 Oct 2003 at 01:35 GMT, Naitik Shah penned: > &g

Re: Transfer of files from laptop to desktop

2003-10-09 Thread Monique Y. Herman
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

Re: Transfer of files from laptop to desktop

2003-10-09 Thread Trey Sizemore
On Thu, 2003-10-09 at 21:35, Naitik Shah wrote: > 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 anythi

Re: Transfer of files from laptop to desktop

2003-10-09 Thread Roberto Sanchez
Trey Sizemore wrote: I have a work laptop running Win2000 that has a large number of files I would like to transfer to my home Linux desktop. What would be the easiest way to do this? I've considered my USB Zip drive (but it would take quite a while) and also configuring SAMBA (haven't got it wor

Re: Transfer of files from laptop to desktop

2003-10-09 Thread Naitik Shah
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 netw

Transfer of files from laptop to desktop

2003-10-09 Thread Trey Sizemore
I have a work laptop running Win2000 that has a large number of files I would like to transfer to my home Linux desktop. What would be the easiest way to do this? I've considered my USB Zip drive (but it would take quite a while) and also configuring SAMBA (haven't got it working yet). The machi