Sending large files?

[thewolfe]

Ran into a situation this morning while helping a friend. He needed to download a new driver and I wasn't able to do it on his computer using LogMeIn but was able to do it on my computer. It was too large to e-mail him so I ended up copying the address I had found on my computer and pasted it into his browser and we got it that way.

I know there's a bunch of sites for sending large files. You guys have any suggestions?

[Krom]

There are a couple ways I send large files over the internet if the need arises. If it is just a few hundred megabytes I upload it to a professional web host I lease some space from. Technically I could upload over 200 gigabytes that way, however uploading that much to a middleman web host like that becomes too time consuming. So when the file I want to send is more than a gigabyte or two I will usually set up a filezilla FTP server on my own machine so the file can be downloaded directly from my machine to the other machine. Or some of the people I send files to have FTP servers on their machines, so I can just connect and upload with a ftp client on my end.

One more option I use first for mid-sized files if it is available is my instant messenger client, if I'm talking with someone I can just drag and drop the file on to their instant message window and my client will send it to them.

[thewolfe]

Krom, I don't use my website much but can so thanks for reminding me.

[Thenior]

I like http://ge.tt alot.

[snoopy]

I do similar to Krom.

I have a read-only FTP up and running all of the time on my Linux box. I can download files from my home box from anywhere with the correct IP address and username/password. I can even remote desktop in (SSH) and put files up on it that would otherwise not be accessible.

Getting files from other locations to my linux box is currently a different story, since I have the FTP set up as read only. I do it via ssh/scp when necessary.

Does log me in not support file transfers? Maybe you could suggest it to them...

[captain_twinkie]

I use teamviewer a lot for this, there are times at work, I work for the local school district, where I need to access a blocked page, so I remote into my server at home, download the file, save it to the server and transfer it using the teamviewer file transfer, it makes it really nice especially if you work on the same computers a lot you can just leave teamviewer installed and then just a few clicks remote in or transfer files.

[Jeff250]

Snoopy, out of curiosity, if you already have ssh set up, why not use sftp?

[snoopy]

Snoopy, out of curiosity, if you already have ssh set up, why not use sftp?

Because I'm not familiar with it.

I'll have to take a look.

[shelja]

I have used Binfer in the past. It is paid but I was able to send large files easily without much hassles.

[Gekko71]

There are a couple ways I send large files over the internet if the need arises. If it is just a few hundred megabytes I upload it to a professional web host I lease some space from. Technically I could upload over 200 gigabytes that way, however uploading that much to a middleman web host like that becomes too time consuming. So when the file I want to send is more than a gigabyte or two I will usually set up a filezilla FTP server on my own machine so the file can be downloaded directly from my machine to the other machine. Or some of the people I send files to have FTP servers on their machines, so I can just connect and upload with a ftp client on my end.

One more option I use first for mid-sized files if it is available is my instant messenger client, if I'm talking with someone I can just drag and drop the file on to their instant message window and my client will send it to them.

I currently use Dropbox and FTP via our ISP, though neither solution is really ideal.

BTW Krom, is there a tutorial or "noob-friendly instructions" that you know of for setting up a filezilla server on your home network? This solution would work very well for my workplace, as we regularly need to send movie files to clients. Our DSL upload speeds aren't that great in Australia though. Would we need a symmetrical connection to make this work, or would normal ADSL (4mps download, 70kps upload) suffice?

[Krom]

There are probably some tutorials out there, although I never needed one myself since most of the settings were self explanatory or stuff I already knew about from running other FTP software.

Sending large files on a 70kps upload would work, but it would likely be rather painful because it would use ALL the available upload bandwidth which will usually make your internet feel like dial-up. Even on my 30 mbit / 4 mbit cable uploading a large file crushes the download. It's also worth noting that many ISPs firewall/block port 21 (FTP [and usually 80/HTTP also]) on residential accounts and running a "server" on one is usually a ToS violation. If its a business account then it'd be fine though.

[snoopy]

There are probably some tutorials out there, although I never needed one myself since most of the settings were self explanatory or stuff I already knew about from running other FTP software.

Sending large files on a 70kps upload would work, but it would likely be rather painful because it would use ALL the available upload bandwidth which will usually make your internet feel like dial-up. Even on my 30 mbit / 4 mbit cable uploading a large file crushes the download. It's also worth noting that many ISPs firewall/block port 21 (FTP [and usually 80/HTTP also]) on residential accounts and running a "server" on one is usually a ToS violation. If its a business account then it'd be fine though.

I think I'm violating my TOS. I'm the only one with access to it, and I don't use it much, so I figure it's pretty under-the-radar. I just had to open up the appropriate ports on the DSL modem and route them correctly on my router that's inside the modem.

[Krom]

Generally speaking no ISP will take action (or even notice) unless you uploaded more than your monthly acceptable usage cap.

[Thenior]

Does log me in not support file transfers? Maybe you could suggest it to them...

Only pro version does...