Native Windows File Transfer?

[kewiha]

Hey, transfering files over skype and the like is painfully slow and requires a 3rd party client. FTP with CMD seems to only work with a dedicated server, and I'm not aware of any terribly close to me. I need a solution that does the following:

 

-Is part of Windows 7 and up (so the other guy need only run a batch file or use gui, not download a separate .exe)

-Security and encryption is not important

-Faster than the 0.5MB/s Skype can give me

-Doesn't require a server-like configuration (my machine will always be the sender, but I don't want to host a webpage or something)

 

If that exists, great. Please post where I might find documentation to get that going. If not, thanks for trying, I'll be on my way.

 

[Bonsai99]

Hey, transfering files over skype and the like is painfully slow and requires a 3rd party client. FTP with CMD seems to only work with a dedicated server, and I'm not aware of any terribly close to me. I need a solution that does the following:

 

-Is part of Windows 7 and up (so the other guy need only run a batch file or use gui, not download a separate .exe)

-Security and encryption is not important

-Faster than the 0.5MB/s Skype can give me

-Doesn't require a server-like configuration (my machine will always be the sender, but I don't want to host a webpage or something)

 

If that exists, great. Please post where I might find documentation to get that going. If not, thanks for trying, I'll be on my way.

 

Sounds like you are making it more difficult than it needs to be.

https://mega.co.nz/

https://drive.google.com/

https://skydrive.live.com/‎

[kewiha]

 

 

 

Sounds like you are making it more difficult than it needs to be.

https://mega.co.nz/

https://drive.google.com/

https://skydrive.live.com/‎

 

In theory a direct file transfer would be faster because the file is not stored on a server halfway, and the file is written to disk immediately instead of waiting for the entire file to upload on Google Drive. That being said, after trying to send several files over Skype, Google Drive, etc. at the same time, I found my total upload speed did not change, and was far below my download from several 1080p youtube videos. I was getting excactly my ISP's promised upload rating, so they are the current bottleneck, not Skype. A direct file transfer would still be faster in terms of total time to send file, but my upload speed is holding me back.

 

Thanks for your help, but I'm still interested in a direct p2p option if one exists.

[Bonsai99]

Thanks for your help, but I'm still interested in a direct p2p option if one exists.

http://www.bittorrent.com/sync

You have to install it though. There are pretty much no native Windows options for what you are trying to do as far as I know.

[TheMissxu]

Skydrive is part of Windows 8.1. So that would be the most natural option.

 

Are you talking over a lan network or through the internet?

[LAwLz]

Three questions.

1) How fast is your upload speed? 0.5MBps is pretty damn fast for uploading so chances are you won't get better speeds from something other than Skype.

2) Why are you against a server?

3) Why are you against things that are not built in?

If you drop the last two requirements it will be really easy to help you. Even Explorer supports FTP natively so you just need a server.

[kewiha]

Three questions.

1) How fast is your upload speed? 0.5MBps is pretty damn fast for uploading so chances are you won't get better speeds from something other than Skype.

2) Why are you against a server?

3) Why are you against things that are not built in?

If you drop the last two requirements it will be really easy to help you. Even Explorer supports FTP natively so you just need a server.

 

1) My promised upload speed from Rogers is 2Mbit/s, and when running either one or several file uploads via Skype, Google Drive, etc my total upload speed (monitored by Bitmeter, a great little program) is equal to 2Mbit/s (or 0.5MB/s) no matter the number of places I'm uploading. It seems very likely it's my ISP's limitation, and I'll be whining to them later on.

 

2) I'm trying to get an internet file transfer going, as Windows makes it really easy to set up network shares on folders. The main reason I'd like to avoid a server is that I don't have one, and if it's not doing a direct pass-through of the data then that would slow the theoretical transfer time. I spent a couple minutes looking, but I don't see any nearby FTP servers to use.

 

3) 99% of the time I'm transferring to a Windows machine, but the recipiants aren't always the same. Right now I use MSTSC to work on my PC from afar, and I can rely on any machine EVER being able to connect me. Similarly, I'd like a way to send files with the same effortlessness and carrying around an RDP file. It is very time consuming if the recipient is not tech-savvy enough to set up the software themselves. Basically, I'm lazy and would like a similarly easy solution.

 

Heck, if anybody knows a public FTP server in the Toronto area that would probably solve my problem, I just wish Windows supported direct transfers.

[LAwLz]

1) My promised upload speed from Rogers is 2Mbit/s, and when running either one or several file uploads via Skype, Google Drive, etc my total upload speed (monitored by Bitmeter, a great little program) is equal to 2Mbit/s (or 0.5MB/s) no matter the number of places I'm uploading. It seems very likely it's my ISP's limitation, and I'll be whining to them later on.

2Mbps up would actually be 0.25MB/s. If you are getting 0.5MB/s over Skype then you are getting more than what you're paying for.

By the way, you can monitor your bandwidth used with the built in resource monitor. Just type in "source monitor" without the "" in the search bar in the start menu and you'll find it.

 

 

2) I'm trying to get an internet file transfer going, as Windows makes it really easy to set up network shares on folders. The main reason I'd like to avoid a server is that I don't have one, and if it's not doing a direct pass-through of the data then that would slow the theoretical transfer time. I spent a couple minutes looking, but I don't see any nearby FTP servers to use.

Ehhh... What? A server isn't a specific type of computer, or a computer dedicated to a single task. You can run an FTP server on the computer you typed that message on if you want. Windows has a built in FTP server. That's what I suggest you do. Install an FTP server on your computer and then let your friend(s) access the files from there. FileZilla is really good and pretty easy to use. It would be "direct pass-through" as well, so you would get the absolute highest performance possible. With FileZilla you can also use SFTP so that nobody can see what files are being sent.

[kewiha]

2Mbps up would actually be 0.25MB/s. If you are getting 0.5MB/s over Skype then you are getting more than what you're paying for.

By the way, you can monitor your bandwidth used with the built in resource monitor. Just type in "source monitor" without the "" in the search bar in the start menu and you'll find it.

 

 

Ehhh... What? A server isn't a specific type of computer, or a computer dedicated to a single task. You can run an FTP server on the computer you typed that message on if you want. Windows has a built in FTP server. That's what I suggest you do. Install an FTP server on your computer and then let your friend(s) access the files from there. FileZilla is really good and pretty easy to use. It would be "direct pass-through" as well, so you would get the absolute highest performance possible. With FileZilla you can also use SFTP so that nobody can see what files are being sent.

I did the math a couple times with the various readings I was getting at I arrived at 2Mbit, but what I just said was from Skype's estimation which was total nonsense. Whoops.

 

Anyway, Filezilla is exactly what I was looking for. I didn't want to have to use an external server because I don't have access to one. I didn't know it was that easy to set up FTP locally in an unobtrusive manner. Thank you!