Can we talk about how utterly absurd it is that there isn’t an obvious answer to this question yet? Feels like we’ve gone backwards from the AIM Direct Connect of old.
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For this things i use Simple Web Server
It's just one executable and you have a fully running website with your files ready to download
If all computers are on local network you can use warpinator.
Check out QuickDAV. I think it’s exactly what you’re looking for. If you’re going across the internet, you’d have to forward a port from your router. Otherwise, if you’re on the same network, it’s really simple.
I've used warp to transfer fairly large files across the country when I was on vacation
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I recommend https://wormhole.app for the purpose. Drag, drop, leave the tab open.
Haven't used it but it says right on the page you linked only up to 10 GB. Op wants 30 GB, I guess its not possible to split.
I think that limit (previously 5GB) is for files that they'll store for you. Larger transfers are P2P only.
If you can RDP, just copy and paste the file from one computer to the other.
Sneakernet was made for this exact situation.
if they have minimal capacity for installing/configuring/using software, then sending a USB drive via the postal service should be a strong contender
Others have already said it but I would use localsend. Just make sure you have a good connection (preferability wired)
The easiest I've ever used is https://localsend.org/
Very simple, just open it on both computers, select the file and click the other computer.
Syncthing.
As a long-time user, not at all simple.
Yeah it's like the least intuitive software ever honestly.
Might as well just use rsync at that point haha.
USB flash drive
Acronyms, initialisms, abbreviations, contractions, and other phrases which expand to something larger, that I've seen in this thread:
| Fewer Letters | More Letters |
|---|---|
| HTTP | Hypertext Transfer Protocol, the Web |
| HTTPS | HTTP over SSL |
| SSL | Secure Sockets Layer, for transparent encryption |
3 acronyms in this thread; the most compressed thread commented on today has 30 acronyms.
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file.pizza if this is a one off or rare occurrence. If you're doing this regularly, there are better options, provided the person at the "source" computer is competent. A significant question is whether or not these computers are on the same network. I would recommend running a HTTP server if you don't care about privacy, HTTPS if you do. There's no need to buy an SSL certificate, self-signed is more than adequate for this purpose.
It's more complicated to set up, but the advantage is that when you're done you can send the receiving party a link they can open in any web browser, no hassle.
Or use LetsEncrypt it’s free to get an SSL certificate.
Syncthing, Resilio Sync, or one of those browser based p2p file sends e.g. https://file.pizza or similar.
If both p2p ends know how to use torrents then creating a simple torrent to share to the other peer would work fine. But that requires slightly more IT competence especially if someone needs to open a port forward (ideally you would make sure you have your own port forwarded so the other party doesn't have to worry about this).
If you're doing this more than once it might be worth setting up a simple server e.g. HFS is a nice open source/free HTTP file server, been a while since I used it but it still seems to be active https://www.rejetto.com/hfs/
HFS - 20 security vendors and no sandboxes flagged this file as malicious https://www.virustotal.com/gui/file/e678899d7ea9702184167b56655f91a69f8a0bdc9df65612762252c053c2cd7c/detection
Interesting, though I suspect that is a false positive, it's happened before with that software
https://rejetto.com/forum/index.php?topic=9037.0
Most likely because it is a self-contained web server executable? That sort of software would seem suspicious and similar to other sorts of virus/malware.
Granted I have not used it in a while but I'd be surprised if it were true, their forums and github would be full of reports of malware.
https://github.com/rejetto/hfs
That aside you have plenty of other options to use if you prefer to use something else.
File Pizza looks fun!
If the machines are on the same network, try LocalSend
If the machines are in the same building a USB stick is the simplest option :D
Not always if you have a gigabit connection
That's better, but is it simpler?
Yes
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