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Easiest way to transfer large (video) from Linux to Windows overWiFi?



 
 
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Old December 22nd 15, 08:12 PM posted to alt.os.linux,alt.comp.os.windows-8
hank williams
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Default Easiest way to transfer large (video) from Linux to Windows overWiFi?

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.

What's the easiest way to transfer large files from Linux to
Windows?

I tried setting up samba on linux but that failed miserably.
I'm thinking a second bet might be an ftp server on linux?

What do you use to transfer large files from linux to
windows over your local LAN?

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Old December 22nd 15, 08:19 PM posted to alt.os.linux,alt.comp.os.windows-8
Marek Novotny[_2_]
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Default Easiest way to transfer large (video) from Linux to Windowsover WiFi?

On 2015-12-22, 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.

What's the easiest way to transfer large files from Linux to
Windows?

I tried setting up samba on linux but that failed miserably.
I'm thinking a second bet might be an ftp server on linux?

What do you use to transfer large files from linux to
windows over your local LAN?


Well, it's not the fastest protocol but SFTP, part of the Linux SSH
suite should already be there and work just fine for the large once in a
while transfer. Samba is my first choice though. There is always good
old fashioned SneakerNet(r).

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https://github.com/marek-novotny
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Old December 22nd 15, 08:29 PM posted to alt.os.linux,alt.comp.os.windows-8
George Schroeder
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Default Easiest way to transfer large (video) from Linux to Windowsover WiFi?

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On Tue, 22 Dec 2015 19:12:50 -0000 (UTC), 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.
:
: What's the easiest way to transfer large files from Linux to
: Windows?
:
: I tried setting up samba on linux but that failed miserably.
: I'm thinking a second bet might be an ftp server on linux?
:
: What do you use to transfer large files from linux to
: windows over your local LAN?
:
I have found that winscp is an easy way to transfer files between Windows
and Linux. Never done really large files, so I don't know how efficient
it is.

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Old December 22nd 15, 09:24 PM posted to alt.os.linux,alt.comp.os.windows-8
Richard Kettlewell
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Default Easiest way to transfer large (video) from Linux to Windows over WiFi?

hank williams writes:
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.

What's the easiest way to transfer large files from Linux to
Windows?

I tried setting up samba on linux but that failed miserably.
I'm thinking a second bet might be an ftp server on linux?

What do you use to transfer large files from linux to
windows over your local LAN?


pscp and samba.

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Old December 22nd 15, 09:30 PM posted to alt.os.linux,alt.comp.os.windows-8
J G Miller
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Default Easiest way to transfer large (video) from Linux to Windowsover WiFi?

On Tuesday, December 22nd, 2015, at 19:12:50h +0000,
Hank Williams asked:

What's the easiest way to transfer large files from Linux to
Windows?


SAMBA/CIFS gets the job done.

I tried setting up samba on linux but that failed miserably.


So you need to try again after reading the documentation and/or
getting some help on the points you do not understand.

I'm thinking a second bet might be an ftp server on linux?


This will do the job but not really ideal for what you are
wanting to do.

If you have an NFS client on your Windoze boxes, you could just
use NFS which is much simpler to get working than SAMBA/CIFS.

If you want to be platform neutral and just want to watch the
video files (after all, why are you wanting to copy them over
to a Windoze box in the first place), then a DLNA server would
be the thing to install and then you can play your video files
wherever you have a DLNA media player eg on your Windoze boxes,
on your TV, on your other media devices.

The very easiest one to get up and running and the one that
just works is ReadyMedia (the DLNA media server previously
known as MiniDLNA)

http://sourceforge.NET/projects/minidlna/

But remember that uPnP/DLNA does not work across subnets
without the aid of multicast routers.
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Old December 22nd 15, 09:42 PM posted to alt.os.linux,alt.comp.os.windows-8
Jasen Betts
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Default Easiest way to transfer large (video) from Linux to Windowsover WiFi?

On 2015-12-22, 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.

What's the easiest way to transfer large files from Linux to
Windows?

I tried setting up samba on linux but that failed miserably.
I'm thinking a second bet might be an ftp server on linux?


perhaps instead an ssh server and filezilla for the client.

What do you use to transfer large files from linux to
windows over your local LAN?


apache, it saves installing stuff on windows.

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Old December 22nd 15, 09:57 PM posted to alt.os.linux,alt.comp.os.windows-8
mike[_10_]
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Default Easiest way to transfer large (video) from Linux to Windows overWiFi?

On 12/22/2015 11:12 AM, 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.

What's the easiest way to transfer large files from Linux to
Windows?

I tried setting up samba on linux but that failed miserably.
I'm thinking a second bet might be an ftp server on linux?

What do you use to transfer large files from linux to
windows over your local LAN?

I put a simple http file server on the windows machine.
Anything with a browser can transfer files to/from
the http server. No worries/issues with protocols
or passwords/credentials at all. It just works.
Also works across the web.
Trivial to configure.
Turn it off when not in use and security won't be an issue.
www.rejetto.com
HFS.
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Old December 22nd 15, 10:29 PM posted to alt.os.linux,alt.comp.os.windows-8
hank williams
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Default Easiest way to transfer large (video) from Linux to Windowsover WiFi?

On Tue, 22 Dec 2015 15:07:01 -0500, Wolf K wrote:

I use a USB stick to both transfer files between machines, and to play
the videos. I don't have a Linux machine any more, but USB memory stick
was what I used then, too


Thanks everyone for the ideas.

I'm not sure I understand all of the solutions, but there is enough to
google on, so I'll first just list them at this point & then try them
next, but most of the suggested installations failed to install on Linux.

1. Samba, by Marek Novotny, Richard Kettlewell, & J G Miller,
$ sudo apt-get install samba
2. SFTP/SSH, by Marek Novotny
$ sudo apt-get install openssh-server
3. WinsCP, by George Schroeder
$ sudo apt-get install winscp
E: Unable to locate package winscp
4. PsCP, by Richard Kettlewell
$ sudo apt-get install pscp
E: Unable to locate package pscp
5. CIFS/NFS, by J G Miller
$ sudo apt-get install cifs nfs
E: Unable to locate package cifs
E: Unable to locate package nfs
6. FTP/HTTP server, by Hank Williams
$ which ftp
/usr/bin/ftp
4. Sneakernet USB stick, by Wolf K

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Old December 22nd 15, 10:35 PM posted to alt.os.linux,alt.comp.os.windows-8
hank williams
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Default Easiest way to transfer large (video) from Linux to Windowsover WiFi?

On Tue, 22 Dec 2015 20:42:13 +0000, Jasen Betts wrote:

apache, it saves installing stuff on windows.


$ sudo apt-get install apache
E: Package 'apache' has no installation candidate
$ apt-cache search apache
Lists too much stuff
$ apt-cache search apache | grep httpd
libapache2-mod-svn - Apache Subversion server modules for Apache httpd
libapache2-svn - Apache Subversion server modules for Apache httpd (dummy package)
$ sudo apt-cache search 'web server'
Again lists too much stuff to make sense out of the results

What's the command to install an Apache HTTP server on Linux?

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Old December 22nd 15, 11:45 PM posted to alt.os.linux,alt.comp.os.windows-8
hank williams
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Default Easiest way to transfer large (video) from Linux to Windowsover WiFi?

Since most suggested Samba, I'll try to get that running again:
https://www.howtoforge.com/samba-ser...untu-14.04-lts

But, I always hate Linux tutorials because they assume everything
is absolutely perfect, and when it's not (which *always* happens),
then you have to guess.

When "I" guess, everything fails. But I'll ask you what to guess
this time, and hope that this helps me get past the guesses in
the tutorial.

My first "guess" happens when the tutorial expects a fully
qualified domain name when I don't have a FQDN at all.

But the tutorial just *assumes* I put my Linux FQDN into the
Windows hosts file.

What I see as my Linux FQDN:
$ hostname -f
hank

$ cat /etc/hostname
hank

$ head /etc/hosts | grep hank
127.0.1.1 hank

What Windows apparently needs (example from the tutorial):
192.168.0.100 server1.example.com ubuntu

I'm not a *.com as I'm just a homeowner. I have an ISP but he
isn't a big company. So what do I use for my Linux FQDN in the
Windows hosts file?

Do I just use "hank" or hank.something?.com?


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Old December 22nd 15, 11:52 PM posted to alt.os.linux,alt.comp.os.windows-8
William Unruh
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Default Easiest way to transfer large (video) from Linux to Windowsover WiFi?

On 2015-12-22, 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.

What's the easiest way to transfer large files from Linux to
Windows?

I tried setting up samba on linux but that failed miserably.
I'm thinking a second bet might be an ftp server on linux?

What do you use to transfer large files from linux to
windows over your local LAN?


Probably quickest would be to copy to the usb stick and then read it off
in Windows.
Or set up linux as an ftp server, (eg vsftpd) and use Windows to get the
ftp file from the linux server.
I would use wired rather than wireless-- faster.


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Old December 22nd 15, 11:56 PM posted to alt.os.linux,alt.comp.os.windows-8
William Unruh
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Default Easiest way to transfer large (video) from Linux to Windowsover WiFi?

On 2015-12-22, hank williams wrote:
Since most suggested Samba, I'll try to get that running again:
https://www.howtoforge.com/samba-ser...untu-14.04-lts

But, I always hate Linux tutorials because they assume everything
is absolutely perfect, and when it's not (which *always* happens),
then you have to guess.

When "I" guess, everything fails. But I'll ask you what to guess
this time, and hope that this helps me get past the guesses in
the tutorial.

My first "guess" happens when the tutorial expects a fully
qualified domain name when I don't have a FQDN at all.

But the tutorial just *assumes* I put my Linux FQDN into the
Windows hosts file.

What I see as my Linux FQDN:
$ hostname -f
hank

$ cat /etc/hostname
hank

$ head /etc/hosts | grep hank
127.0.1.1 hank

What Windows apparently needs (example from the tutorial):
192.168.0.100 server1.example.com ubuntu


You can use hank on Windows as well.
192.168.0.100 hank


I'm not a *.com as I'm just a homeowner. I have an ISP but he
isn't a big company. So what do I use for my Linux FQDN in the
Windows hosts file?

Do I just use "hank" or hank.something?.com?


The ip address is the important part. The name is just there as an easy
nemonic for you.



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Old December 23rd 15, 12:14 AM posted to alt.os.linux,alt.comp.os.windows-8
Paul
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Default Easiest way to transfer large (video) from Linux to Windows overWiFi?

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.

What's the easiest way to transfer large files from Linux to
Windows?

I tried setting up samba on linux but that failed miserably.
I'm thinking a second bet might be an ftp server on linux?

What do you use to transfer large files from linux to
windows over your local LAN?


The world is divided into two nice neat groups :-)

Those who can deal with the security walls built around
our networking implementions.

And those who cannot deal with it.

Your Windows machine, already has SAMBA running on it,
as Windows file sharing. Most of the Linux clients will
already be able to talk to the Windows box immediately,
without installing packages.

The more modern the Windows box is, the more pesky
is the security. When I set older Windows boxes for
wide open permissions, it usually works. A more modern
Windows can be annoying you with the authentication
box when it isn't needed.

In terms of approaches, you can "push" or "pull" files.
On my network, the choice is made based on the
performance asymmetry. One of my machines only
does 20MB/sec over GbE, so I need to "push" from
that machine, to a machine that can do 112MB/sec
continuously. One direction can be five times
faster than the other direction, in terms of
who has the server, and who is the client.

Adding additional interfacing standards, is I suppose
like playing the lottery. But generally, on modern
tools, it's pretty hard to shake the concepts
of security - virtually everything will involve
SSH or use passwords, and involve messing around.

(Windows 8 has HomeGroup, which is fine for homogenous
environments, but useless for anything else, and I
don't use that here. The odds of two machines using
that at the same time, is slim.)

Only twenty years ago, did we have tools that implemented
"private" authentication. You could set up account
"joe" password "joe" and it would apply only to your
FTP server. Rather than relying on the accounts and
passwords used by the OS. Those were the good days,
when it was easy to do stuff.

Now, you will find OSes which deprecate the easy
ways, and only leave the hard ways.

*******

And while they claim to be making very fast
USB3 flash sticks, the benchmarks don't always
pan out.

http://www.storagereview.com/patriot...h_drive_review

You could always stick an SSD inside a USB3 enclosure
that has UASP support, and give that a try as
a substitute for a flash stick. Then transfer
the stuff via sneakernet.

*******

And if you're bored, you can try this. For rcp usage.

http://rshd.sourceforge.net/

Paul


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Old December 23rd 15, 12:24 AM posted to alt.os.linux,alt.comp.os.windows-8
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Default Easiest way to transfer large (video) from Linux to Windows overWiFi?

On 2015-12-22 22:29, hank williams wrote:

Thanks everyone for the ideas.

I'm not sure I understand all of the solutions, but there is enough to
google on, so I'll first just list them at this point & then try them
next, but most of the suggested installations failed to install on Linux.


sftp/ssh should already be installed on most distributions. Test:

ssh localhost

and you get the password prompt, you have it.

Winscp is one of the windows counterparts.


Samba, nfs, ftp, http... all need configuration and install, depending
on your distribution.


Write to a usb stick is the easiest to do, but slower that local cabled
network (1000Mb/s). Possibly same speed than wifi.

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Old December 23rd 15, 12:27 AM posted to alt.os.linux,alt.comp.os.windows-8
hank williams
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On Tue, 22 Dec 2015 22:56:11 +0000, William Unruh wrote:

You can use hank on Windows as well.
192.168.0.100 hank


Thanks.

The tutorial just *assumes* you already know this answer!

The ip address is the important part.
The name is just there as an easy mnemonic for you.


That brings me to my *second* guess, which, again, the tutorial
just assumes you know the answer to.
https://www.howtoforge.com/samba-ser...untu-14.04-lts

Since I have a typical home system, which uses DHCP on the home
router, so whatever the IP address of the Linux laptop is today
will be *different* tomorrow.

While it's easy enough to find the IP address of the Linux
laptop today using ifconfig, do I have to edit the Windows
hosts file every single day to change it each time it changes
on the Linux laptop?
$ ifconfig
wlan0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:0a:CF:9A:22:43
inet addr:192.168.1.4 Bcast:192.168.1.255 Mask:255.255.255.0

The tutorial doesn't say.

Do I have to edit the Windows hosts file every single time the
Linux machine boots to a new DHCP local LAN IP address?

 




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