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Hosting files on the LAN to trusted folks at a LAN party -- FTP? (self.selfhosting)

submitted 3 days ago by evenwicht to c/selfhosting@slrpnk.net

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There is a periodic meeting of linux users in my area where everyone brings laptops and connects to a LAN. Just wondering if I want to share files with them, what are decent options? Is FTP still the best option or has anything more interesting emerged in the past couple decades? Guess I would not want to maintain a webpage so web servers are nixed. It’s mainly so ppl can fetch linux ISO images and perhaps upload what they have as well.

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[–] markstos@lemmy.world 1 points 3 days ago (1 children)

It's all fun and games until someone brings a USB 2.0 thumb drive.

The file could transferred over the LAN and the network de-saturated faster the file could be copied off a USB 2 drive.

[–] Xanza@lemm.ee 1 points 3 days ago

I haven't seen a USB 2.0 drive in 15 or so years. So I'd say you're pretty safe... And even if that were the case, it's still preferable vs hogging the connection for a single file.

USB transfer only affects you with slow speeds until the transfer is done. Network transfer affects the entire party with slow speeds until the transfer is done.

It's the obvious choice if you're having saturation issues, even at 2.0 speeds.