Hello,
I’m trying to send something to my gf’s friend (~50gb)
I tried creating my own torrent and was able to dl it on another device, but on her machine it stayed at 0% and wouldn’t let me connect to seed
Is FTP a good option? I set up a proxmox server last night but I don’t really know what I’m doing yet
Any guidance greatly appreciated, thanks.
nothacking ( @nothacking@discuss.tchncs.de ) English55•17 days agoEasiest and most secure way? Mail (or hand deliver) a flash drive. That’s how they transfer data between super computers and data centers. (AWS even has dedicated trucks to do it)
Suppoze ( @Suppoze@beehaw.org ) English7•17 days agoNow I wonder how much bandwith do post offices have theoretically
nothacking ( @nothacking@discuss.tchncs.de ) English13•17 days agoRandall did the math on this one: https://what-if.xkcd.com/31/
He assumes 64 GB microsd cards, if you use 1 TB ones, you could send 16 times more.
Suppoze ( @Suppoze@beehaw.org ) English3•13 days agoThis is awesome, of course it’s xkdc. Thanks, now I can rest easy
Hawk ( @Hawk@lemmy.dbzer0.com ) English35•17 days agoCould send it over ATP - Avian Transfer Protocol.
Does require a USB stick and for your friend to train a pigeon though.
Malgas ( @Malgas@beehaw.org ) English22•17 days agoNever underestimate the bandwidth of a station wagon full of hard drives speeding down the highway.
averyminya ( @averyminya@beehaw.org ) English7•17 days agoThis makes me wonder, what is the difference in the environmental cost of uploading/downloading this data vs. shipping a USB.
I would guess that shipping emissions would be higher than digital ones, but I don’t have any basis for that theory. (I’m just curious, not trying to say or imply anything here)
Uiop ( @Uiop@lemmy.dbzer0.com ) English6•17 days agomagnetic tapes or something
Takahe ( @Takahe@lemmy.nz ) English34•17 days agoI would use syncthing for this
I actually didn’t realize syncthing worked over the internet, I’ve been using it for years thinking it was LAN only haha
yeehaw ( @cyberpunk007@lemmy.ca ) English10•17 days agoIf it’s IP capable it will work over the internet, for future reference.
NisargJhatakia ( @NisargJhatakia@lemmy.dbzer0.com ) English5•17 days agothanks I learned something new today
Gutless2615 ( @Gutless2615@ttrpg.network ) English4•17 days agoAbsolutely the way to go
B0rax ( @B0rax@feddit.de ) English31•17 days agoIn one go? Look at Wormhole
But both ends must stay online until it is complete.
Wugmeister ( @ThisIsAManWhoKnowsHowToGling@lemmy.dbzer0.com ) English1•16 days agoGonna save this for later
Trincapinones ( @Trincapinones@lemmy.dbzer0.com ) English31•17 days agoI use Syncthing for this things, you can even set a folder and keep it in sync with multiple users because it uses P2P
Brickfrog ( @brickfrog@lemmy.dbzer0.com ) English19•17 days agoI tried creating my own torrent and was able to dl it on another device, but on her machine it stayed at 0% and wouldn’t let me connect to seed
At least one of the torrent clients needs to be fully connectable (port forwarded) for torrents to transfer data. You need to test that e.g. test your torrent client’s incoming connection port with a port test website like https://www.canyouseeme.org, https://www.yougetsignal.com/tools/open-ports, etc. & make sure those port test websites can successfully test connect to your torrent client’s incoming connection port. If the test fails then you need to look at opening the port via your OS firewall and/or router firewall.
Is FTP a good option? I set up a proxmox server last night but I don’t really know what I’m doing yet
Probably best to avoid FTP if you don’t know what you’re doing, it’s not all that secure… you’d want to at least configure SFTP or FTPS which is just going to be more complicated vs fixing your torrent issues. And technically you still need to make those connectable (port forwarded) too, just like your torrent client.
All that aside it’s probably easier to use Syncthing if you can’t get the torrent working.
You could also try one of those file transfer websites that use WebRTC to transfer data peer to peer e.g. https://file.pizza or similar. Not sure how well they work for huge amounts of data but their github page mentions that Firefox is better for that, apparently Chrome starts to choke with data 500+ MB.
Great info, thank you.
catloaf ( @catloaf@lemm.ee ) English14•17 days agoDon’t put FTP on the Internet if you don’t know how to secure it.
If you’re relatively nearby, you could just use a flash drive. Or mail one. If not, the other comments have good suggestions.
originalucifer ( @originalucifer@moist.catsweat.com ) 13•17 days agoyep, id use sftp. my mail provider (proton) also gives me like 500gb in a ‘drive’ which is great for transfers like this
ryannathans ( @ryannathans@aussie.zone ) English13•17 days agoSyncthing
rufus ( @rufus@discuss.tchncs.de ) English12•17 days agoBtw: Might be that you’re behind a NAT (router) and that’s why bittorrent doesn’t connect. You’d need to figure out which port your torrent client is configured to listen on and then do “port forwarding” of that port to your machine in the router you got from your ISP. Or use something like UPnP that does this automatically.
Not sure if that applies in your case and it’s unsolicited advice… But a fairly common issue with bittorrent.
Granixo ( @Granixo@feddit.cl ) English10•17 days agoTorrent.
Kissaki ( @Kissaki@lemmy.dbzer0.com ) English9•17 days agoThere are website services where you both stay online and transfer directly.
There could be direct peer to peer transfer tools that are more robust.
If you want to go through a file transfer/hoster
- no limit https://gofile.io/
- 300 GB limit https://1fichier.com/
There’s some more, those are the top two in my bookmarks.
You’d do good of encrypting/7z-passwording if you don’t want others to see the content, just to make sure not to have to trust the hoster.
Charadon ( @Charadon@lemmy.sdf.org ) English9•16 days agoMagic Wormhole protocol. There’s a lot of clients out there. Here’s some:
jpablo68 ( @jpablo68@infosec.pub ) English8•17 days agomaybe SimpleHTTPServer (python) on the host and
curl -C
on the other machine? HelixDab2 ( @HelixDab2@lemm.ee ) English8•16 days agoCreate a multi-part archive (…probably about 250 parts…) with a strong password, upload each part to whatever the current equivalent to Megaupload is, and let them download it at their leisure.
With no accounts on either end, should only take about three months for each to be complete.
Alternatively, you could put it on a thumb drive and drive it over if they live fairly close.
pbjamm ( @pbjamm@beehaw.org ) English7•16 days agoyou could put it on a thumb drive and drive it over if they live fairly close
or drop it in the mail if they dont.