Using bittorrent for single PC-to-PC transfer?

Using bittorrent for single PC-to-PC transfer?
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Using bittorrent for single PC-to-PC transfer? Rex 06-16-2006
Posted by Rex on June 16, 2006, 2:11 am
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Hi all,

I want to transfer a very large file from my home PC to the PC that I
have with me on the road, but not share this file with 100000 other
people.

Is this possible with bittorrent? I ask because my home cable provider
Comcast is somehow blocking ftp and VPN. Or perhaps the blocking is on
this end (on the road).

I suppose I would encrypt the crap out of this file before transferring
it.

Thanks.


Posted by Quaoar on June 16, 2006, 3:27 am
Rex wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I want to transfer a very large file from my home PC to the PC that I
> have with me on the road, but not share this file with 100000 other
> people.
>
> Is this possible with bittorrent? I ask because my home cable provider
> Comcast is somehow blocking ftp and VPN. Or perhaps the blocking is on
> this end (on the road).
>
> I suppose I would encrypt the crap out of this file before transferring
> it.
>
> Thanks.
>

Set up a 'private' ftp server on some innocuous port. I've been doing
this for several years with family to transfer large files between
Comcast addresses and between Comcast and other networks. Both parties
need to set up ftp using the random port.

Alternatively, use your Comcast file storage as an intermediate host for
your files - if the files are not too large. Upload from home via ftp to
you storage. Set up a private web page with nothing more than the
download link for web access while on the road.


Q

Posted by Rex on June 16, 2006, 4:20 pm

Quaoar wrote:

> Set up a 'private' ftp server on some innocuous port. I've been doing
> this for several years with family to transfer large files between
> Comcast addresses and between Comcast and other networks. Both parties
> need to set up ftp using the random port.

I should mention an anomaly..

>From where I am now, Windows' ftp program is claiming
that my Comcast cable modem's IP address doesn't exist.
At first I thought it was the ISP, but then I tried to use
public traceroute services to trace to that IP address,
and they always hang. I got that address by having
someone use netstat to get it, but also by having them go to
myipaddress.com. It seems like a legit IP.


Posted by Quaoar on June 16, 2006, 7:24 pm
Rex wrote:
> Quaoar wrote:
>
>> Set up a 'private' ftp server on some innocuous port. I've been doing
>> this for several years with family to transfer large files between
>> Comcast addresses and between Comcast and other networks. Both parties
>> need to set up ftp using the random port.
>
> I should mention an anomaly..
>
>>From where I am now, Windows' ftp program is claiming
> that my Comcast cable modem's IP address doesn't exist.
> At first I thought it was the ISP, but then I tried to use
> public traceroute services to trace to that IP address,
> and they always hang. I got that address by having
> someone use netstat to get it, but also by having them go to
> myipaddress.com. It seems like a legit IP.
>

What are the first two octets?

Q

Posted by Ken on June 16, 2006, 8:06 am
Go to google and enter the search: "Free shell account"

You get a Unix user's shell with storage. You can login to the account
and put the file there. When you get to wherever, transfer it to the
other system. The upload will go at limited speed provided by your
Comcast account. The transfer to the second machine will go at a very
attractive speed.

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