Hello,
I’m trying to send something to my gf’s friend (~50gb)
I tried creating my own torrent and was able to dl it on another device, but on her machine it stayed at 0% and wouldn’t let me connect to seed
Is FTP a good option? I set up a proxmox server last night but I don’t really know what I’m doing yet
Any guidance greatly appreciated, thanks.
I would use Resilio Sync. It uses bittorrent under the hood. https://www.resilio.com/individuals/
Why not just make it a torrent file then and let it seed? I don’t see why paying for a service is required in this instance.
Because he’s having trouble getting it to connect that way, and for reasons I don’t completely understand, Resilio Sync connections seem to be quicker and more reliable than using a traditional tracker as the only seed.
Interesting thx
for reasons I don’t completely understand, Resilio Sync connections seem to be quicker and more reliable
Resilio runs a “relay” server to facilitate connections where neither peer has properly set up port forwarding. Only downside of Resilio is its not open source, so you just kinda have to take their privacy policy at face value. As long as op isn’t sending something super sensitive though, it probably is no big deal.
Thanks! It’s nice to finally understand why it’s so snappy.
1 - Its not paid for personal use.
2 - OP said it can’t seed. Resilio have a discover helper service fot this situations.
yep, id use sftp. my mail provider (proton) also gives me like 500gb in a ‘drive’ which is great for transfers like this
Toffeeshare is pretty good for this kind of thing. I don’t think there is a size limit, only restriction is that it must be only one file so you must create an archive to send. But no install, no configuration to do, it’s one of the simplest way to send a file IMO
Edit: typo
I would use syncthing for this
I actually didn’t realize syncthing worked over the internet, I’ve been using it for years thinking it was LAN only haha
If it’s IP capable it will work over the internet, for future reference.
Absolutely the way to go
thanks I learned something new today
Qtox should work? It’s not a very good chat software and a bit cumbersome, but it allows direct file transfers.
rsynccan resume partial transfers, but you really should break that file up. Trying to do it in one go is crazy.I use Syncthing for this things, you can even set a folder and keep it in sync with multiple users because it uses P2P
Torrent.
Syncthing
Don’t put FTP on the Internet if you don’t know how to secure it.
If you’re relatively nearby, you could just use a flash drive. Or mail one. If not, the other comments have good suggestions.
Easiest and most secure way? Mail (or hand deliver) a flash drive. That’s how they transfer data between super computers and data centers. (AWS even has dedicated trucks to do it)
Now I wonder how much bandwith do post offices have theoretically
Got a 1TB dataset sent once, guess it took around 3 days (Netherlands to France) so around 32Mbps. Not bad, not excellent.
Randall did the math on this one: https://what-if.xkcd.com/31/
He assumes 64 GB microsd cards, if you use 1 TB ones, you could send 16 times more.
This is awesome, of course it’s xkdc. Thanks, now I can rest easy
croc is a good solution for this if true P2P stuff fails
So how is it different to Wormhole?
I’ve never heard of Wormhole before now but by the looks of things:
- croc is open source
- croc does not store files on the server at all, ever – it waits for both ends of the connection to be open to start the transfer
- croc cannot do true P2P – the sender uploads to the croc server which then streams it in realtime to the receiver
- croc does not work in the browser :(
for a true browser based p2p solution that uses WebRTC I’d suggest www.sharedrop.io
Sounds like connectivity issues. Can you guys manually add the other’s IP address? Do you have DHT/PEX enabled?
Hi,
We’re using Qbittorrent, where do I look to manually add IPs? Add the other person in IP filtering?
Thanks for the help
https://forum.qbittorrent.org/viewtopic.php?t=4476
I’m assuming both of you can connect to peers on other torrents, just not each other. Again, do you guys have DHT/PEX enabled? Did you accidentally create a private torrent?
I tried creating my own torrent and was able to dl it on another device, but on her machine it stayed at 0% and wouldn’t let me connect to seed
At least one of the torrent clients needs to be fully connectable (port forwarded) for torrents to transfer data. You need to test that e.g. test your torrent client’s incoming connection port with a port test website like https://www.canyouseeme.org, https://www.yougetsignal.com/tools/open-ports, etc. & make sure those port test websites can successfully test connect to your torrent client’s incoming connection port. If the test fails then you need to look at opening the port via your OS firewall and/or router firewall.
Is FTP a good option? I set up a proxmox server last night but I don’t really know what I’m doing yet
Probably best to avoid FTP if you don’t know what you’re doing, it’s not all that secure… you’d want to at least configure SFTP or FTPS which is just going to be more complicated vs fixing your torrent issues. And technically you still need to make those connectable (port forwarded) too, just like your torrent client.
All that aside it’s probably easier to use Syncthing if you can’t get the torrent working.
You could also try one of those file transfer websites that use WebRTC to transfer data peer to peer e.g. https://file.pizza or similar. Not sure how well they work for huge amounts of data but their github page mentions that Firefox is better for that, apparently Chrome starts to choke with data 500+ MB.
Great info, thank you.
Maybe check out Tailscale. It’s mainly a mesh VPN for your own devices, but they have a lot of options included so you can share stuff with other people.
I’ve set up tailscale in the past week and fallen in love with the ease of use. So, this has my vote too. But, if i was doing this, i would chop the file into, say, 500mb parts using 7z or WinZip and then transfer it through SCP (WinSCP if using windows) over tailscale IPs.
