Server to Server File Transfer Question

[shucash]

Hey guys -

Been readin these boards for a bit and felt it was time to step in.

I have a bit of a technical problem. My ISP is my University and the upload bandwith is restricted to .05kbps! Uploading is almost impossible.

However, I can get my files up to a local server on the intranet here without a problem. Is there anyway that anyone knows of a way then to have THAT machine FTP to my real server? Cause this damn .05kbps thing is murdering me.

Thanks fellas -
Vin

[salsbury]

what kind of server is on your intranet? if its unix, you can just log in to it and ftp to your web host from there.

if your intranet server is not unix, perhaps you could ftp to it from your web host instead of going the other way around.

[Rodent]

Or if you have email on them you can tar/gunzip your site up and email it to yourself :) on your other server.

[shucash]

Wow - amazingly quick replys. Thanks!

The intranet server has UNIX on it. Whats the commands to tar the files so they stay directly intact. And then is there a special way to untar them to keep the directory tree ok?

Thanks again!!
Vin

[run]

according to RFC FTP standard, it IS possible to set up a transaction between 2 machines from a remote location.

what im saying is: you can transfer files from place A to place B being in place C using the FTP protocol. Control connection and transfer connection really does not have much to do with each other.

Not sure how you do it EXACTLY though. What i think is that you open 2 control conections to A and B. One should be active another passive. Ensure that passive machine listens on a certain port and give the IP to the active machine using PORT and RETR commands.

Its kind of easy but i honestly dont know any software that is porgrammed to do it. So not much help from me this time. :)

[run]

PS i guess all you have to do is try to find an FTP client that supports what i have described above. Try download.com or tucows.com or whatever :-)

[Dammy]

Get Windows Commander (the win version of Norton Commander, remember that one? :) )
Open one ftp connection in the left window and the other one in the right window and that's it. If this doesn't work for u, then one of the servers you're trying to ftp between doesn't support server to server ftp... It worked for me on some servers and it didn't work on other servers.
hope this helps ;)

[run]

damn can windows commander do that?
holy shit thats good news :D

dammy > try to switch the servers the other way around. One might support passive mode but not support active etc...

[shucash]

Everyone -

Win Commander was blissfully amazing. Worked like a charm.

On with the building.

Thank you thank you thank you -
Vin

[Dammy]

You're welcome. I didn't know about that until I read it in a computer magazine. ;)

run: good idea.. I'll try it

[salsbury]

if this commander thing utilizes what i think it utilizes, it has the potential to be used as a denial of service attack (i had thought they ditched this 3 or 4 years ago). so summary; don't expect it to work everywhere.

[emgee]

1. there is a ftp-tool,i like it a lot,who could do it. http://www.flashfxp.com (the trial expired never...but pay if its good,hehe..)

to tar a file use this command in your telnetclient:

...first go to your folder where the domains are located..
------snip----------

tar -czf thefilenameyouchoose.tgz yourdomaintocompress.com

thats all.
happy download with 0.05kbps
:D

[emgee]

happy upload with 0.05kbps

[edited by emgee on oct.6th,2001]

[e-van]

Get FTPvoyager, you can open 2 windows, log into one server each, then drag and drop and the proggie will do the transfer directly. easiest way I know to do this.

G'luck