[Asus eeePC] Best practice for moving files over the LAN

[Amedee Van Gasse (Ubuntu)]

On Tue, May 19, 2009 12:17, Amichai Rotman wrote:
> Hello all,
>
>
> I just bought myself an Asus eeePC 1000HE. First thing I did was to
> wipe the drive clean and install EasyPeasy 1.1 on it.
>
> I'd like to transfer a few Gigs of data files to it. I have connected
> it to my home router via Ethernet.
>
> I am looking for the best way to transfer the files over.
>
>
> For now I have set an FTP server on my home desktop running Kubuntu
> 9.04 and used the 'ftp://' URL in a Nautilus window on the laptop.
>
>
> It takes a ling time, since the transfer rate is 7.4MB/s.
>
>
> I am quite sure all the interfaces are set for max speed (how do I make
> sure?).
>
> Is there another, better way, to do it or is this the best way?

The two most convenient ways for occasional copies over my local network
are in my experience:

scp - you need to install ssh
rsync

Hope This Helps

-- 
Amedee