[ubuntu-uk] File Transfers

[Jonathon Fernyhough]

On 16 March 2010 14:44, Nigel Verity <nigelverity at hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> Whilst I know how to use these protocols at a simple level, I'm not clear on
> the background architecture. Do the transfers just take place locally
> through the router or do they go via my ISP?
>

If you access the computers via an internal IP address (192.168.x.x or
10.0.x.x) then it goes through your router. If they have an external
address (somehow, maybe a dyndns) then it will go through your ISP.

So probably just through your router. :)

Jonathon