To transfer files between two computers, you have several methods available. Here are some common ways to do it:

USB Flash Drive: Copy the files you want to transfer onto a USB flash drive (also known as a thumb drive or pen drive). Then, plug the USB drive into the other computer and copy the files from the drive to the desired location on the second computer.

External Hard Drive: Similar to the USB flash drive method, you can use an external hard drive to transfer larger files or larger quantities of data between the two computers.

Email or Cloud Services: You can use email attachments or cloud storage services (e.g., Google Drive, Dropbox, OneDrive) to upload files from one computer and then download them on the other computer.

Direct Cable Connection: If both computers have Ethernet ports, you can connect them directly using an Ethernet cable to create a small network. After setting up the connection, you can transfer files between the two computers.

Bluetooth: For smaller files, you can use Bluetooth if both computers have Bluetooth capabilities. Pair the devices and then send the files wirelessly.

Peer-to-Peer (P2P) File Transfer Programs: Use specialized software like SHAREit or Send Anywhere, which allows direct file transfer between two devices connected to the same network.

Choose the method that suits your situation and the size of the files you want to transfer. Keep in mind that some methods may require specific software or network configurations. Additionally, always be cautious when transferring files between computers to avoid malware or unauthorized access to your data. If you need a guide with detailed directions, click this link.

File Transfer from PC to PC Via Share Over LAN or Wi-Fi

Last but not least, sharing over LAN or Wi-Fi is one of the best ways to transfer files from PC to PC. Here is how to transfer files using a LAN cable:

Step 1: Connect PCs Using LAN Cable

Take an ethernet cable and establish a connection between the two PCs by connecting through a LAN cable.

Step 2: Change Advanced Sharing Settings

i.Turn sharing option on.

ii.Go to Control Panel > Network & Internet >Network & Sharing Center > Change Advanced Sharing Settings >

a.Turn on Network Discovery

b.Turn on File and Printer Sharing

c.Turn on Sharing so anyone with network access can read and write files in the Public folders

d.Turn off password-protected sharing

Step 3: Share Folder From Source Computer

Select a folder that you want to share and right-click >Share with >Specific People. File-Sharing Menu will open. Drop down menu > Everyone > Add > Share. The file transfer will start, and once it’s completed, hit Done.

Step 4: Access Shared Folder on Destination Computer

Now go to your destination PC, go to File Explorer > Network(Left Pane) > Double Click Source Computer > Enter Password(if protected) > Shared Folder >Copy Files > Paste to Destination Folde

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1. As the server is for windows, a Windows Homegroup is one of the easiest ways to share files between them. It's easy to set up. Just create a Homegroup from the Homegroup option within Windows Explorer (File Explorer on Windows 8) and you’ll get a password. Enter that password on nearby computers and they can join your Homegroup. They’ll then have access to your shared files when they’re on the same network — you can select the libraries you want to share while creating a Homegroup.

2. Share your files in the cloud. It's one of the simplest ways to share files between computers, and you can also use this even when you don't stay with others in the same city, state, or even country. Like the Dropbox and Google Drive.

Since you specified that you're sharing between two Apples and don't want to use Dropbox, it narrows things down a bit.

If you just want to occasionally transfer files between two Macs, the easiest way is Airdrop. Open up Finder and go to Airdrop on both computers and then just drag & drop files - it's very fast, reliable and almost as easy as breathing.

Other options could be rsync, which would enable you to automatize synchronizing files between two computers, but that requires a bit of nerdiness or at least willingness to study and understand archaic documentation.

There are also services that are not like Dropbox, e.g. SpiderOakOne (just put that in Google). You'll need to create account, but you can automatically synchronize files between computers without uploading the data to a cloud service like in Dropbox.

One option not covered in detail is AFP (Appletalk Filing Protocol), which is the old-fashioned traditional route to share files between Macs, and though it takes a bit of setup it has some major advantages like being able to map network drives for constant access and to transfer files not only from mac to mac, but from mac to Windows PC as well as across Macs running any version of OS X, whether it’s 10.1 or 10.11.2.

File Sharing needs to be enabled on all Macs that you want to use the feature on. You can do this as follows:

* Open System Preferences from the  Apple menu, and click on “Sharing” panel

* Check to enable “File Sharing” on all Macs you want to share files between

* From the OS X Finder, hit Command+Shift+K and then click “Browse” to find and connect to the desired Mac. It will show up on the left of the Finder window under “Devices”.

* Enter login credentials to connect, and now you can use the other Mac like any other folder in OS X, drag and drop files to copy

If you’re going to move very large files between Macs the traditional File Sharing approach is probably the best method of transfer. It’s highly reliable, and has the greatest range of compatibility between all Macs and versions of OS X.

Data migration software refers to a program that helps move data from one location to another. This can include simple tasks like copying files from one hard drive to another or more complex initiatives like moving an entire database from one server to another. Software migration tools are necessary for businesses and individuals looking to move data from one location to another. There are a variety of data migration software solutions available on the market, so it is essential to do your research and find the best solution for your needs. The best program will provide a fast, reliable, and secure way to migrate data.

The Best software for transferring data in Computer or Laptop:

1. EaseUS Todo PCTrans
2. Laplink PCmover
3. Zinstall Win Win/Migrate Kit

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Long ago, every computer in a Local Area Network had a Server service, which let the computer contents be accessed by others on the same network. There were also special computers (Servers) which were used did nothing other than let the computer contents be accessed by others on the same network.

Since the Server service is designed to only pass on a Local Area Network, servers must be located next to users. And unfortunately, having servers locally located next to users became one of many ways hackers could attack local networks.

Now days, most servers are cloud based. For security, they are separate from local networks where people access the servers.

Some versions of Microsoft Windows let you setup Servers - and access Servers from client computers locally located. This is the basis of Client - Server technology.

Many offices use cloud based sharing, where everybody shares data on cloud based servers. Though if you have a Microsoft experienced tech, and the right versions of Windows on your computers, you can have a LAN using Client - Server file sharing. And your local servers will let you share files between computers on the same network.

Your only option to do that today is homogenised into one possible proper way, with one more ghetto way if you want to consider that.

To begin, you need to buy a set of hardware, there was no Starter Kit, not back then and still not now; we are better for it anyway since it evolved with time. But the TL;DR is, if:

• You use a broadband Internet connection then you essentially have everything already, for a network of one going onto Internet, with today’s hardware, you may have nothing extra to buy, Wi-Fi the 2nd one and go, network of one automagically reconfigure itself into network of two.
• You still use dial-up in a rural setting then buy a Hub, two Ethernet cables, and hook them up to the built-in Ethernet ports.

As for the software, configuration, mind you; forget about what you heard back in the 1990s with LANmgr and Novell, none of that exist today as a current thing to do, everything you need is already in Windows/macOS/Linux/BSD… whatever. If you use broadband that option essentially setted everything up for you, but as for dial-up… oh man I hadn’t done that for more than 2 decades.

If you know the local admin credentials, the best way is to open file explorer on one computer and navigate to the folder that contains the file(s) you want.

You do this by entering the the IP address in the following format:

(the IP address below should be replaced with the ip of the computer you want to connect to)

\\192.168.120.100\c$

The “c$” is called an administrative share. It connects to the other computers C-Drive. If you want to connect to the D-Drive, use “d$” instead.

If you want to set a permanent share, you could map a drive too, if you wanted.

You will be promoted for the admin credentials.

Using this method, you can push or pull files as needed. It might help you to open another file explorer window that displays your local drive. So you have two explorer windows, one with a local view and one on the other computer. Click and drag files as needed.

If files are small, you could also just use a USB stick between computers.

There are several different methods, depending on which operating systems you are connecting. Some are more difficult to set up than others. CIFS/SAMBA is perhaps the easiest, as most systems provide a desktop GUI app to set it up, and uses its own security mapping separate from the host systems, to avoid some issues with incompatible or conflicting configurations.

Some reading and experimentation required to get things working, plus administrative access to the machines and planning for level of sharing and security.

1. Between two Windows computers, CIFS, also called by its protocol, SMB. Very simple to set up on Windows computers.
2. Linux and macOS also support SMB with the SAMBA software packages for interoperability with Windows each other.
3. Between Linux, macOS, and other Unix and Unix-like machines, NFS or SSHFS are more common. NFS shares also work better if there is a common shared user database so files have the same ownership on both systems., using NIS or LDAP/PAM.
4. Definitions:

• CIFS - Common Internet File System
• SMB - Server Message Block, the protocol used by CIFS
• NFS - Network File System, which dates back to the 1980s and SunOS.
• SSHFS - Secure SHell File System: a simpler setup using sftp in user space to mount a remote drive.
• LDAP - Lightweight Directory Access Protocol
• PAM - Portable Authentication Module
• NIS - Network Information Service, also called Yellow Pages (hence the daemons and utilities having a ‘yp’ filename prefix).

Q: How do I set up a network between two computers?

If they are two recent Windows computers, and they both have Ethernet ports, connect these ports together with an Ethernet cable. Reboot both computers, and they should establish a connection between them. You might have to go into settings and specifically set up a connection, but this may happen automatically.

Alternatively, if you have a residential type wireless router, connect both computers by Ethernet or WiFi to the router and that should set up the connection as well.

If this doesn’t answer the question try asking a question with more detail, such as the type and version of operating system and what interfaces each computer has.

There are 2 ways to connect the PCs

1. Using wireless network
2. Using wire/LAN cable

Wireless Connection: Set IP address in your wireless network card on both the PCs make sure IP is in same subnet for example server1 IP is 10.0.0.10/24 & server 2 IP is 10.0.0.11/24.

Now you can use winscp or putty to connect both the linux server.

Wire Connection: Set IP address in eth interface of linux server, make sure both the IPs address in the same subnet. Again you can use WinSCP or putty for connectivity checks.

Note:- If you have a wireless hardware card in both the server so you just need to join any wireless network (for example broadband internet). It will auto-connect the server. You can use ifconfig command to check the IPs.

How much money are you willing to spend?

But seriously, the answer depends on a bunch of things. For simplicity, let’s say there are two systems, desktops or servers, that have files stored on disk like devices, and the two machines are connected by a network.

In this setup, each thing has a bandwidth limit, and any of them could be the limiting factor.

• Storage device bandwidth - spinning SATA drives tend to be about 150 Megabytes per second. SSDs with SATA interfaces can be about 800 MB/sec. SSDs with NVMe interfaces can be up to 2.5 GB/sec
• Network - Wifi will be pretty slow, 50 to a few 100 Megabits/second. Wired Ethernet will depend on the slowest of the two host adapters and a switch connecting them. Typical home gear is likely 100 Megabits/second, but might be 1 Gigabit/second. If you spend modest amounts of money, most desktops and servers will support 10 Gigabit/second Ethernet. Serious money will get you to 25 or 100 Gigabits/second. Serious money spent on Infiniband will get you to 400 Gigabits/second. There is little point to it because this is much faster than the storage devices.
• I/O System - desktops and servers will have PCIexpress I/O systems, but they will vary in the number of “lanes” available to different devices. Each lane might run at 2.5 Gigabits/second or so. Different in different PCI generations
• CPU - CPUs will have limited compute power and memory bandwidth. For slower networks, it can work to use the CPU do do data compression, while for fast networks, the CPU may become the limiting factor and it is better to turn off compression.

The TLDR version is that if you have spinning disk drives, then using 1 Gbps Ethernet and getting 800 or 900 Megabits is pretty good.

If you have NVMe SSDs, then spend a few bucks for a point to point or switched 10 Gbps link and it can run at a Gigabyte/second.

Now if you are transferring small files, then there will be an additional factor of slowdown for metadata operations - you have to create the files and directory entries and this will usually be much slower than the actual data transfer.

Now we should talk about applications. I would use rsync, because rsync can be told to keep two folders synchronized, and it will only transfer files that have changed, and it has compression options.

There are lots of other options, like (on linux) piping zip or tar into ssh. No idea what the best thing to use on Windows might be.

I am reasonably confident that remote mounting a drive by drive sharing is not the best approach. That will slow down the metadata operations. It might be ok for a few large files, because SMB protocol isn’t horrible.

In my basement I have a sweet 8 core server with 128 GB RAM. It has a dedicated 10 Gbps ethernet link to a RAID NAS box a few feet away. It feels fairly zippy for remote file operations. I can read or write large files at 300 Megabytes/second or so. On the other hand, I have a 10T external drive on my desktop, and it is s l o w doing much of anything because it is only connected via 400 Gbps USB and is a not particularly fast spinny drive anyway.

So, you want to transfer files from one computer to another. No worries. You can do it easily. Below are the steps to do so :-

1. Use an external storage media.

Stick a USB flash drive in one computer, copy the data. Stick the same drive in the other computer, then paste the data.

2. Share over LAN or Wi-Fi.

The first is to set up a local area network (LAN), so you can use one PC to browse the other's hard drives. The second is to use software to transfer files over Wi-Fi. The process also works with Windows-to-Windows and Mac-to-Mac.

3. Use a tranfer cable.

For this kind of transfer, you need a USB bridging cable or a USB networking cable. It's faster than using drives since the copy-and-paste process happens simultaneously between the connected systems.

4. Connect the HDD or SSD manually.

Hard disk drives (HDD) and some Solid State Drives (SSD) use standard SATA cables to connect to the motherboard. If you have a spare SATA or eSATA (external SATA) port, connect your old hard drive there. The operating system will recognize it as a new drive. Then start transferring. It's the fastest of all solutions.

5. Use Cloud storage or Web ransfers.

The final option is to use the internet. Since more and more users now use cloud storage to save their files, this is probably the easiest way to sync your files between computers. However, this may take quite some time, from several minutes to several days, depending on the quality of your internet connection.

Connect Both The Laptops with Same wifi.

DO WITH THE 1ST Laptop

after that which file you wanna transfer copy those files and paste it to one folder.

after that share that folder.

and also check the ip address of that laptop by typing a cmd in command prompt

type ipconfig /all press enter, and note down the wireless ipv4 address.

DO WITH THE 2ND Laptop==>

Press Window+R Key together, then enter below value with double backslash.

\\1ST Laptop wireless ipv4 address

after that system will ask login credential for 1st laptop, enter correct credentials and press enter

now the same folder which will shared in your 1st laptop is showing your 2nd laptop,

now you will copy your files and paste it to your 2nd laptop wherever you want to keep it.

That’s all.

Ethernet cable

Connect both computers to a LAN cable. You can use any LAN cable (crossover or ethernet cable); it doesn’t matter on a modern computer. Because both of them use the same port and have very few functional differences.

Network Sharing

Now that you have physically connected both PCs with a LAN cable, we have to turn on Network Sharing on both computers to exchange files between them. It is a simple process step-by-step process. Make sure you do this on both PCs.

To enable sharing, go to the Start menu and search “Control Panel”. Once you see it, click on it, to open it.

Once the Control Panel window opens, click on Network and Internet.

Open Network and Sharing Center. Alternatively, you can also type “Control Panel\Network and Internet\Network and Sharing Center” in the search box of the Control Panel and hit Enter key. This will redirect you from Control Panel to Network and Sharing Center.

On the left-hand side of the ‘Network and Sharing Center’ window, click on “Change advanced sharing settings”.

three networks – Public, Private, and All Network. Public Network is for places like airports and coffee shops, Private network is for an organization or your home network and All Network comprises of both. To make sure, the setup is flawless, we’ll recommend you choose “All Networks“.

Next, expand All Networks by clicking on the drop-down icon. Here, we need to enable Public Sharing so that the PCs can access files from each other over the LAN cable. To avoid more configuration, just Turn off password protected sharing.

Setup Static IP

Now that you have enabled network sharing on both PCs, it’s time to bring both the computers onto the same network. We will do this by setting a static IP address of the same class

To set up a Static IP, open Control Panel, browse to Network and Internet, and click on Network Sharing Center. Alternatively, you can also right-click on the Start Menu and select Network Connections.

you will see the active connections which should be Ethernet since both PCs are connected with a physical LAN cable. Click on the Ethernet link. A new dialog box will open, here click on the Properties button.

select “Internet Protocol Version 4 (TCP/IPv4)”. Now, click on Properties. This will open another dialogue box.

it’s not necessary you use these IP addresses. You can use any Class A or B IP address. In case you are not sure what this all means, better stick with this example.

On the second computer, do similar steps, but flip the IP address and default gateway values

Right, both the PCs should appear in this Network window on both computers. Now, you can just click on the other PC’s icon and browse the file. But wait, you still need to configure one last setting.

There more options are available but as of now refer above option.

Thank you !!!

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Can you create a network with two computers?

Sure. This would be referred to as Point-to-point topology. You’d connect them in a point-to-point style matrix.

Using most current common network technology.

The computers must have a networking capability, hardwired network interface (ethernet RJ45) or a wireless capability (802.11), and software that “talks” networking. Most operating systems (OS) have this capability built in.

If using wired capability the network connections physically are point to point. An additional piece of hardware to connect the three machines together is required, network hub, switch, or router.

If using a wireless capability a wireless wireless access point provides the connection capability.

Under the hood the TCP/IP network protocol requires unique local addresses for each computer. These IP addresses can be assigned manually or the network hardware can request and address to use in the network. This requires a server to issue IP addresses (DHCP server) this is often build into a network switch or router.

If running windows OS and dynamic IP’s, if no DHCP server is available and the three computers are on an isolated network the computers will self-assign addresses and be able to talk to each other.

Two USB ethernet adaptors and a length of Cat6e. Or have two Cat6e cables and plug into a wireless base station.

Quality USB ethernet adaptors will have an automatic ‘crossover’, and the latest Windows, macOS and Linux should all, after a few minutes, get self-assigned IP addresses.

You’ll be able to share files, have a two-player LAN party, and print on each other’s printers.

Getting one computer online with the other’s internet connection: that’s a little tougher. Bridging a WiFi signal to ethernet is possible, but a little tricky to configure correctly. It’s an interesting academic exercise, but more trouble than it’s worth.

Alternatively, don’t buy any extra equipment and create a wireless network using the personal hotspot feature on your smartphone. Depending on the phone, turn mobile data off to stop the computers from using all your data plan.

1. Right click on the item you wish to share, and at the bottom of the menu that appears click Properties.
2. On the Properties window, click the Sharing tab.
3. Locate and click on the Advanced Sharing.
4. At the top, tick the box to Share this folder and press OK.

• If you want to allow all users that access the shared files and folders permission to edit or delete, then you need to make a small change within the Advanced Sharing settings for the file or folder concerned. To get to these, right-click on the folder, then click Properties > Sharing > Advanced Sharing > Permissions.
• if still not getting access the sharing item then go to again Properties > Security > click Edit> Add >find Everyone>OK> Apply>ok.

now you can access item’s though network.

In this way you can access and save the file from both laptop’s and file will be save in our location you don’t need copy past.

Transfer time between two computers on the same network will depend on the weakest link. You will need to read the file off of machine 1, copy the file over a network link, and write the file to machine 2. Alternatively, the network link can be swapped for a writable medium that can be transferred between the two, but these still require a link to the PC.

For the bets speed, make sure you are using:

• NVMe SSDs in your computers
• AND
• 10 Gigabit Ethernet link (both PCs and the joining switch)
• OR
• 10 or 40 or 100 Gigabit Laser Optimised Fibre (to both PCs)
• OR
• an External NVMe SSD (preferably over Thunderbolt 3 on both PCs)

Hard Drive

7,200rpm HDD - ~ 90 MB/s (720 Mb/s)

SSD - ~ 300 MB/s (2,400 Mb/s)

NVMe SSD - ~ 1,000 MB/s (8,400 Mb/s)

Network

WiFi (n) - ~ 450 Mb/s

WiFi (ac) - ~ 1,300 Mb/s

Gigabit Ethernet - 1,000 Mb/s

10 Gigabit Ethernet - 10,000 Mb/s

Laser Optimised Fibre - 100,000 Mb/s

External Medium

USB Stick - Kingston Data Traveler SE9 G2 (DTSE9G2/128GB) - 100 MB/s read / 15 MB/s write (800 Mb/s read / 120 Mb/s write)

External HDD - ~ 90 MB/s (720 Mb/s)

External SSD - ~ 300 MB/s (2,400 Mb/s)

External NVMe SSD - ~ 1,000 MB/s (8,400 Mb/s)

External Medium Link

SATA III - 6,000 Mb/s

USB 2.0 - 480 Mb/s

USB 3.0 - 5,000 Mb/s

USB 3.1 - 10,000 Mb/s

USB 3.2 - 20,000 Mb/s

Thunderbolt 1 - 10,000 Mb/s

Thunderbolt 2 - 20,000 Mb/s

Thunderbolt 3 - 40,000 Mb/s

Yes, if you enable sharing and network discovery, otherwise no.

To access a PC on your network, enter: \\PC-Name in the search box (bottom left corner of the screen). The PC in question will ask for a password (the normal login password for that PC.)

This is very convenient for home networking. You go to c:\Users, Right-click on Public and select properties. Then choose sharing, enable sharing and the Public folder becomes available to other PC’s on the network. The down side is everyone who accesses the folder needs your PW.

You can create a local account with a different PW and share using that account.

Also it is a good idea to change the name of the PC to something usable. Enter About in the search box, choose About This PC. go to Rename This PC and rename it. (Don’t use spaces or special characters, minus sign and underline are OK.)

If you have internet access, something must be assigning your computers IP addresses. If it’s yours, read the manual. Most people at home have a home router which does NAT, routing, and DHCP. It should be possible to make it give the same IP addresses every time based on MAC address, so that you get the same address even after rebooting everything. In that case, you can create a hosts file on each computer and make names for them, or just use the IP address as a number. Normally, you would get addresses all in the same network block so they would naturally be able to talk to each other directly. Creating a local DNS server would mean you did not have to create a hosts file for each, but it won’t work with Android or Chrome that uses Google DNS. Besides, it’s a bit of work and won’t help you get static addresses, it’s just for naming things.

If you can’t make the router remember addresses, maybe you could just use static addresses. The router should at least use the same default route and netmask every time, and that’s all you need to get static IP working.

In Linux, and thus on the hardware, you can actually assign two or more IP addresses to the same network interface. So you could have both an internet routing address using 10/8 addresses and a local network address using 192.168.16 addresses at the same time. I don’t know if that’s possible in Windows, Android etc. and it seems over-complex. But I’ve used that to talk to a projector I did not want to give a public address to, on a PC that had a public address on the same interface.

Well, cough… cough… There are two methods I can think of. Assuming, it is the same building and same network but there are subnetworks. The first is to change your current IP address, subnet or possibly router gateway to the same network as the intended computer. Then you can try share the files.

The second method, I have not tried and not sure whether it can work, but you can try setting additional IP address to your existing NIC (network interface card).

Assuming Windows 10, and you are using ethernet with static IP.

Settings > Ethernet > Change adapter options (On the right)

Then, at the popup double click your Ethernet.

Double Click at Internet Protocol Version 4. You must set to static IP if you are using DHCP. If you are using DHCP, just assign the configuration that is given by your DHCP. Later on, if you want to add additional IP address and gateway, click advanced as shown above. Click ok, ok, and OK. And Then, the folder must be shared by your intended computer. Try the method stated by Rod Carty, \\IP address\share name.

However, it may not work if your IT administrator or network administrator or whoever setup your company network might have VLAN or some configuration such as firewall or other settings in which may cause the above methods may not work.

Hope this information helps you.