Network embarassment

Tom Adelstein adelste at yahoo.com
Sun May 8 20:22:56 UTC 2005


On Sun, 2005-05-08 at 16:14 -0400, Joe Wamsley wrote:
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> Brian Astill wrote:
> > On Sun, 8 May 2005 08:39 pm, albi at scii.nl wrote:
> > 
> >>ftp, lftp, and ncftp are ftp-clients
> > 
> > 
> > I am only trying to link two PCs through a hub on the one local network, so I 
> > can transfer files between them.  Do I need a full-blown ftp server to 
> > achieve this?
> > 
> > A friend called and transferred a file of mine he wanted from my main computer  
> > onto his laptop using that hub and ssh.  I guess I am puzzled that I can't 
> > get my No2 computer to talk with my main computer using that same hub and 
> > ftp.
> > 
> > 

You probably has ssh on both boxes. Install gftp on each.

Use the IP address to access the box. You'll want to use ssh2 from the
drop down menu on the right. 

Under file -> options -> ssh 

the program path is just ssh.

That's all you need.

Write if you have any problems


Tom





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