[PLUG] [Retitled for clarity] File sharing over a two node LAN

[Russell Senior]

it sounds like you want netcat with udp. Try "man nc".

On Mon, Aug 12, 2019 at 9:29 AM Richard Owlett <rowlett at cloud85.net> wrote:

> On 08/12/2019 08:28 AM, Bill Barry wrote:
> > On Mon, Aug 12, 2019 at 7:57 AM Richard Owlett <rowlett at cloud85.net>
> wrote:
> >>
> >> On 08/11/2019 10:04 AM, Nat Taylor wrote:
> >>> so, you don't want to use the "ip" command to set your network
> addresses
> >>> then use scp to copy files between the machines?
> >>
> >> Browsing the man page for scp suggests it is massive overkill for a
> >> 2-node LAN of "trusted" machines. [The WiFi may be vulnerable, but the
> >> two laptops have only a minimal Debian installation and have _*NOTHING*_
> >> on them that did not come from the installation DVD ;]
> >
> > You could use ftp
> >
> https://linuxconfig.org/how-to-configure-ftp-server-on-debian-9-stretch-linux
> > but I don't think it is much easier to configure than ssh/scp.
>
> It's not a complexity issue so much as suitable topology.
> A 2-node LAN has to be as close as possible to a peer2peer network.
> I keep being referred to tools suitable for a client/server model
> capable of handling a massive multiplicity of nodes.
>
> I've been a computer *consumer* since ~1961. Became much more involved
> with system details when introduced to Debian 6.
>
>
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