Direct FTP - without using local pipe

[jenolan]

Hi,

Living ut in the bush in Oz means really slow link speeds (like 14k) when doing stuff on my web site I can often get ftp access to what I want but then have to dowload/upload.

Although the direct transfer allows it to miss going to my HD it still has to travel up and down my link <ug>

Now the feature I would really really like is this :D

FlashFXP logs on to my ssh and runs a ftp session there for me, I then direct that I want to connect to the site I am going to get stuff from .. then I go at it.

I know I can do this myself (and I do) but it would be nice if I could use my fav ftp client to do the dirty work and use the builtin neat features.

Ta .. Larry

[Raccoon]

Originally posted by jenolan
Although the direct transfer allows it to miss going to my HD it still has to travel up and down my link <ug>Actually, Larry... a Site To Site Transfer (FXP) is exactly that; the data not only misses your harddrive but doesn't even come into contact with your modem.

Example: FlashFXP tells Server A it wants to Upload FILE, then FlashFXP tells Server B it wants to Download FILE and tells Server B to send it to Server A (instead of to yourself). Since Server A is expecting to receive a file, Server B is successful in sending it and both servers continue happily without any further help from your computer.

Hope that helps.

- Raccoon

[jenolan]

ummmm .. errrrrr .. well the modem here was red hot? I assume that meant the thingy was coming via my link?

Larry

[MidKnight]

check to make sure its not something else, all the modem will do in an fxp is lightly blink from time to time, just sending a few small packets

[MxxCon]

i'm not saying this is what happened here, but i remember of 2 cases where NAT router was messing up with fxp making data go thru the local connection..

[jenolan]

Originally posted by MxxCon
i'm not saying this is what happened here, but i remember of 2 cases where NAT router was messing up with fxp making data go thru the local connection..

Bingo then .. I am using WinRoute/Pro so is there a magick spell to weave to make it work :)

[Raccoon]

klaatu baraada nictu

[jenolan]

Sorry .. didn't werk.

I am approaching now with chainsaw running .. that usually does it.

Larry