2010/7/8 Mallikarjun <[email protected]> > On Thu, Jul 8, 2010 at 12:19 PM, Mohamed Khaleel <[email protected]>wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> I have 2 laptops and 1 PC at home running Ubuntu. All these are connected >> to a wireless router for the internet usage. >> When I try to copy a file from a shared folder of other laptop, the whole >> of data passes through the router. >> > > Yes, It should pass through wireless router unless you connect 2 systems > via wired connection directly > > >> This affects the internet bandwidth within the network. >> >> > Is there a way to access the shared files without necessarily going through >> the router and also without affecting the internet connectivity. >> > > If you are using GUI to access files from different machine, then I do not > know how to limit the bandwidth usage, but there is an alternate way using > *scp *command which can be used to transfer files with *-l* option > > So I suggest you to use *scp -l* > to find out more > *man scp * > > With this command you can limit the bandwidth usage for files transfer and simultaneously Internet activity will be on...
> >> Regards, >> Khaleel >> >> -- >> ubuntu-in mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-in >> >> >
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