On 21 August 2013 15:43, Colin Law <[email protected]> wrote: > On 21 August 2013 15:36, Nigel Verity <[email protected]> wrote: > > I am on the lookout for a bit of advice on using SSH/SFTP to transfer > large > > files between devices on my home network. > > Have a look at rsync, it is generally much quicker than ftp. > >> >> Remember that rsync uses ssh as its transport and if there are issues rsync might still be affected by them. A common issue with ssh is having name lookups enabled when DNS isn't available so adding 'UseDNS no' to /etc/ssh/ssh_config and /etc/ssh/sshd_config should help there. If there are genuine issues with connectivity then adding 'ServerAliveInterval 60' may help.
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