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TheGreatPoo:
I have about 3 gigs of files that I want to transfer from my office to my home.  Both my office and home have fast internet connections so speed is not a problem.  My workstation at work is on a small network with a Red Hat Linux server.  I do not have any firewall info.  I do not want to put all these files on cd's and bring them home.  Is there any way I can just directly link my computer at home to my workstation at work and download the files over the internet?

Yes, I am serious.  You can mock me all you like (as long as you help me    )

Thanks in advance!  :D

TheGreatPoo:
To be a little more specific:   my workstation at work uses Windoze 2000 Pro (I know, I know.  Spare me the lecture, there's nothing I can do about it), and my computer at home is a Mac utilizing OS 9.1.

Thank you.

Pissed_Macman:
Here's what to do: Get two paper cups and a very long string and attach each end to your computers. It should work fine after that.

[ May 20, 2003: Message edited by: Macman: HAS 1000 POSTS ]

psyjax:
If your loging in from OS 9 your gonna need DAVe or some kind of similar software...

Why not establish an FTP connection?

TheQuirk:

quote:Originally posted by psyjax: plain 'ol psyjax:
If your loging in from OS 9 your gonna need DAVe or some kind of similar software...

Why not establish an FTP connection?
--- End quote ---


Because downloading 3GB of _files_ will take a LONG time, even on an extremly fast connection. What I would do is create an archive (hell, maybe even compress--that won't hurt) and ftp it over.

Also, take a look at "rsync"--it's available for OS X and any *nix (not MacOS 9.x and below, though).

Really, there are about a million different ways you can do that...

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