On 2015-12-30, NY wrote:
"J.O. Aho" wrote in message
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On 12/22/2015 08:12 PM, hank williams wrote:
Periodically I have large video files that I'd like to transfer
(copy or move) from Linux to Windows (rarely the other way)
over my local network.

In my experience, forget copying via wifi and use Ethernet instead. Even
with a supposedly 300 Mbps wireless router and a good signal strength (eg
laptop right next to router), I get very much lower transfers speeds for
laptop to/from desktop over wifi than over Ethernet. In both cases, the
desktop is connected to the router by Ethernet, so the only difference is
laptop to router by wifi or by Ethernet.

As someone who copies 25 to 50 GB files many times daily I can agree
with this. Even if you have to use a USB to Ethernet dongle, it is worth
doing. WiFi is good for the internet, but Gigabit Ethernet is much
faster. And now we can see 10G on the horizon. I'm already considering
it right now.

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Marek Novotny
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