cockmonger

I am trying to link up two computers, one which is at home the other at my buisness...I was wondering is there anyway to share files between the two computers (ala PC anywhere) at a DSL rate instead of this slowness?

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theFez

ftp. but you need an ftp server and a static ip address.

or a vpn.

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bendsley

You dont need a static IP for ftp. You can use a dynamic IP address and a free DNS service like DYNdns to be able to get to your system. But, the screen replication that PCAnywhere uses takes a lot of overhead if you're just trying to transfer files from one machine to another.

FTP is probably the best way to go. There are free FTP servers and clients out there, just search.

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nothingx

If you're moving files between your home and business, you might want to think a little about security responsibility. Vanilla ftp does not encrypt any of your authentication credentials or files you're transferring. If what is being transferred is proprietary, you could inadvertently allow a third party to compromise that information. I would highly recommend setting up an SSH connection between your home and business. You can pipe just about anything through SSH including file transfers, terminal windows, even VNC. Of course there is a small amount of overhead associated with data encryption, but it’s seldom very noticeable.

spindles

why is pcanywhere so slow? If just using for file transfer, you could try other "remote control" software - I use radmin quite a bit for work - it has both a "desktop remote control" and "file transfer" option, which can be run independently...

Otherwise, you can config pcanywhere to use less colours - it causes the screen refresh to be faster, and the product works overall better.

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bendsley

Spindles, the thing is, you're still doing screen refreshes which create a lot of overhead TCP packets. It's not worth it. Something simple is more far better for this.

SSH is good. radmin is good too.

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Jolt

hahahahah it doesn't matter if you have a direct 100mbit connection between two machines...PCAnywhere is still dog-slow...it's horribly inefficient...

If you only want to transfer files...try AIM, ICQ, Yahoo. RDT or PCAW into the machine you're not in front of, and send yourself the file.

Scorpion23

To take care of the dynamic ip problem look at www.no-ip.org

They have a free program that runs on your server which constantly updates the free domain name they give you. I use it to run a FTP site in my appartment.

Of course if you have a firewall or router you'll either have to route some ports or use the DMZ feature.

spindles

bendsley - no argument about the speed - just trying to give some pointers if he already had pcanywhere and wanted to use it specifically.

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