How to transfer large file directly between 2 computers without P2P

[moviebuff2]

Hi everyone:

How can I transfer a large file +100MB between my computer and another without having to use a P2P (some curious souls may download my file) or having to upload to my storage space for the other computer to download (a process that will definitely double to time)?

I remember someone told me about Yahoo! something, but I can't remember it.

Thanks

[aedipuss]

use an ftp program. lots of free ones available. check out filezilla or smartftp free version to start.

[moviebuff2]

Thanks, aedipuss.

[mike909]

use a crossover cable between the two network cards, or place them on the same hub/switch and place them on the same ip network they will communicate directly with eachother.

[jerryr]

Could you use a USB stick to do it?

[noemi7]

There are plenty of storage services like www.transferbigfiles.com, www.rapidshare.com or www.easy-share.com The last two have limit 100 MB per file.

You may also share files via a private torrent which doesn't need any external service (tracker) - please read comments to the below article:
http://www.poromenos.org/tutorials/bittorrent

[guns1inger]

Pando is another alternative for large file. Just email a link to the recipient and away they go. http://www.pando.com/

[moviebuff2]

Wow! a lot of choices. Thanks.

I'm sorry I was not clear in posting my question.

I was looking for an easy way to share my file with someone else who is thousands of miles away from me.

I don't like P2P service like Emule because some wandering soul(s) may stumble on my file and get curious and try to download it. Nothing that I want to hide, I just don't like the idea of some stranger(s) messing with my file.

I tried to upload to my storage space (50-GB capacity). While there's more than enough room to store my file, the upload speed is terrible. I'm using a DSL service that has 2.3 mbps download and +390 kbps upload.

Besides this speed issue, there is also the issue with "double efforts" if I upload a file only to be downloaded later.

A few years ago, someone showed me "Yahoo something" (I can't remember exactly what it was) which would allow me to go directly to his hard drive to download the file he wanted to share.

Thanks for all the helps you gave me.

[dialysis1a]

Yahoo Messenger will let you send up to 1gb. I use it a lot.

[moviebuff2]

Hi dialysis1a:

Thanks. I think I'm getting closer to what I am looking for. Yes, now I remember it was "Yahoo Messenger" that my friend told me about.

But the way it worked, if I remember correctly, is that he created for me his alternative password. Then he would leave his computer on all the time. All I had to do is to sign in Yahoo Messenger with my own password, then click on his name which I added to my contact list, enter his alternative password in order to see the files that he allowed me to download.

I just read Yahoo Messenger FAQs. Nothing like that was mentioned. Two people have to be on line at the same time in order to send and to accept a file.

Too bad, my friend is no longer available. (May he rest in peace.) Otherwise, I'd have already asked him.

[kimco52]

PC ANywhere running on both computers.

[moviebuff2]

Thanks, kimco52.

Is PC Anywhere a "remote access software" that is discussed in the following article?

5. Remote Access Software
Remote access software applications are designed to support remote login from one of your computers to another across the Internet. Many of these applications like RealVNC include a file transfer function allowing you to copy files between the two computers as needed.

http://compnetworking.about.com/od/homenetworkuses/tp/filetransfers.htm

[moviebuff2]

Oops! Sorry.

I feel that I might have posted my question in the wrong index. Would someone please move it to the appropriate index?

[kimco52]

I haven't used it for a few years so I don't know about recent versions but I used to use it for "maintaining" computer systems for clients. It would run in the background on one of their computers on their LAN. It had a modem connected to it. I ran it on my computer at my house and could dial in to it and once connected, it was as if I were there on their computer. If someone needed help on how to do something, I could talk to them on the phone while I operated their computer and they could see what I was doing. I could also upload and download between their computer and mine. I could also access computers on their LAN as if I were a computer on the LAN (because I was) but I did not have control of those computers, only the one I logged into. Also used it to control systems and machinery remotely and upgrade software to the controller.

If you had it running on both computers, you could easily transfer files with no one else having access. It can probably do it now via the internet, also.

It required a login with a password before it would connect and give me control.

[Midzuki]

Another possibility: a small&free http-server plus a dynamic-DNS service.

[AlanHK]

I don't like P2P service like Emule because some wandering soul(s) may stumble on my file and get curious and try to download it. Nothing that I want to hide, I just don't like the idea of some stranger(s) messing with my file.

Get Winrar and encrypt it with a decent password. Winrar encryption is very secure, as long as you don't use dictionary words. Give the download details and password to your friend by email or phone if you're paranoid.

You can put it on a one-click host, like Rapidshare.com, they don't provide an index to their files.