[ubuntu-in] Help on setting up home network

[Mallikarjun(ಮಲ್ಲಿಕಾರ್ಜುನ್)]

2010/7/8 Mallikarjun <mallik.v.arjun at gmail.com>

> On Thu, Jul 8, 2010 at 12:19 PM, Mohamed Khaleel <gotokhaleel at gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I have 2 laptops and 1 PC at home running Ubuntu. All these are connected
>> to a wireless router for the internet usage.
>> When I try to copy a file from a shared folder of other laptop, the whole
>> of data passes through the router.
>>
>
> Yes, It should pass through wireless router unless you connect 2 systems
> via wired connection directly
>
>
>> This affects the internet bandwidth within the network.
>>
>>
> Is there a way to access the shared files without necessarily going through
>> the router and also without affecting the internet connectivity.
>>
>
> If you are using GUI to access files from different machine, then I do not
> know how to limit the bandwidth usage, but there is an alternate way using
> *scp *command which can be used to transfer files with *-l* option
>
> So I suggest you to use *scp -l*
> to find out more
> *man scp *
>
>
With this command you can limit the bandwidth usage for files transfer and
simultaneously Internet activity will be on...


>
>> Regards,
>> Khaleel
>>
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