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| 237031 | 2004-05-17 03:17:00 | We have been trying this afternoon to send files via MSN (between Canada and NZ) but the data rate has been very very slow, far too slow to be able to send the 36MB file I wanted to. I didnt actually measure the rate, but it looked reminiscent of a 14.4k modem dragging its heels :( Has anyone else had problems recently? I havent used MSN for a long time, so dont really know how it has been performing. |
Terry Porritt (14) | ||
| 237032 | 2004-05-17 03:40:00 | > We have been trying this afternoon to send files via > MSN (between Canada and NZ) but the data rate has > been very very slow, far too slow to be able to send > the 36MB file I wanted to . forget MSN try yahoo messenger ;) you will have better luck with yahoo |
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| 237033 | 2004-05-17 04:08:00 | Thanks Stu, we were trying Yahoo when you posted, but the file is too big for Yahoo file transfer, and we couldnt get file sharing to go either. I think the file sharing problem is to do with NAT and routers. | Terry Porritt (14) | ||
| 237034 | 2004-05-17 04:15:00 | It will be too big for Messenger as well if you get it going because last I heard it was limited to 2Meg, and whenever I have used it to send files that limit has been valid, although that was a year ago, probably smaller now if anything. | zqwerty (97) | ||
| 237035 | 2004-05-17 04:17:00 | IIRC, all of the MSN Traffic goes through a server. Try getting Neos from www.neosmt.com and signing up with a jabber.org.nz account. This will do Direct file transfers as well as voice / video conferencing! Chill. |
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| 237036 | 2004-05-17 04:18:00 | Right, it will have to be snail mail sent then. We also tried a 900KB file and that was just as slooow. | Terry Porritt (14) | ||
| 237037 | 2004-05-17 04:42:00 | As a thought (haven't tried this myself). What if you were both using similar p2p program. You put this file in your shared folder and then gave it some crazy name. Let them know this name and get them to search for it. If found then you would be able to share it that way - I think. sam m |
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| 237038 | 2004-05-17 04:42:00 | Thanks for the info chill. Are there any router/NAT issues with Neos? | Terry Porritt (14) | ||
| 237039 | 2004-05-17 04:58:00 | Terry> None what-so-ever as far as Im aware. Its worked perfectly fine out-of-the-box between my home and Work Adsl connections (Both connected to a router via LAN) so no complaints here. Very nice and polished piece of software. Give it a try, what have you got to lose?! ;-) Chill. Chilling_Silence @ Jabber.org.nz |
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| 237040 | 2004-05-17 05:35:00 | Sam I wouldnt dream of going p2p it's not my scene at all, not in the Kazza meaning that is :), I expect you could do what you say, but it would be much easier to both have an ftp client, which we used to do incidently, and then just transfer files via ftp. The whole thing is secured by passwords etc. When I was on dial up file sharing/transfer worked ok with ICQ, Yahoo, Netmeeting etc, but a router and NAT caused all sorts of problems, with audio/video as well. The odd file under about 2MB can be transfered easily enough by email. Just every now and then, but not often enough to really justify installing yet more software, some larger files would be nice to transfer/share. ICQ could be worth looking at again, as there is no limit on file transfer size, that works on a peer to peer basis. Then there is all the port setting rigmarole to go through........... |
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