transfering files from comput to computer

I have a project that I'm working on (recording sessions) that are done at the studio, but I want to take the data home on my laptop each night so i can do editing from home. It's too expensive to burn a dvd every night and then burn one again to transfer the updates to the studio computer.

I'm looking for a solution that will allow speedy transfers of data from one computer to another. Is there a USB to USB way to transfer data? Or a faster method?

Thanks guys.

 

I think you could get a cross-over cable and then connect the two directly from the network ports and just move the files that way. Should be pretty speedy, but I am not 100% sure how that all works, I haven't done it, just been told how to do it once about 3 years ago. Good luck, and hopefully someone else can fill in the details.

 

what do i need to purchase for this. can i just connect our computer via network cables? card to card?

 

You would need one of these:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.asp?N=2050400132+1230513960&Submit=ENE&SubCategory=132

Keep in mind, I am not 100% sure if this works they way I am thinking, but if so, you just plug it in to each of the computers - and you can transfer files. If both are wireless, you could also setup an ad-hoc network and move files that way.

 

wireless is slow. If you already have the work computer on a network and can plug your laptop in as well, you can transfer that way. Otherwise, a crossover cable switches 2 of the wires from their straight-through configuration to the crossover configuration. In a network with hubs/switches/routers that component handles the crossover, so straight-through cables are used.

to transfer with a crossover cable, you only need the cable and each computer to have a network port. plug in the cable to both, manualy set the IP address on one to 192.168.0.2, set the IP on the other to 192.168.0.3, and set the subnet mask for both to 255.255.255.0.

or, flash memory is cheap right now. if the data fits on a relatively cheap USB drive, you could do that.

 

I don't know - A crossover cable for $3.50 sounds pretty cheap and fast. Thanks for giving the info on how to do the cross-over trick.

 

Use a USB flash memory stick, they are relatively cheap and sizes range from 64MB - 8GB. They can be used continiously

 

I'd just use a USB hard drive if I were you. Doubles as a backup of your data and plenty quick enough for audio.

 

Yep, I swear by my 1gb jumpdrive. ^^

 

but if he needs to transfer 2 or 3 GB of data, that is an expensive jump drive

 

i use an external 300gb harddisk - it's a 3.5" hdd in a separately
purchased case by sharkoon. very useful for big files and some
backups.

 

Yeah, you can get a network crossover cable and do it that way. You can even let it sync automatically, so that you will automatically get the latest copy on your laptop each night.

I think you can also do this with FireWire (ad-hoc FireWire), or even USB (with a special "data link" cable).

 

It's pretty easy to make your own ethernet crossover cable if you dont want to go purchase one. Just take an existing ethernet cable, cut off one end and then re-crimp a new connector on the end you cut off with the following pinouts:

How to make an Ethernet Crossover cable:

First End .................................................. Second End (one cut off)

........ Pin# ... Wire Color ....... Crossed-Over .. Pin# ... Wire Color
transmit 1 ...... Orange/White .......... 3 ........... 1 ...... Green/White ... transmit
transmit 2 ...... Orange ................... 6 ........... 2 ...... Green ......... transmit
receive. 3 ...... Green/White ............ 1 ........... 3 ...... Orange/White .. receive
........... 4 ...... Blue .................. Not used ..... 4 ...... Blue
........... 5 ...... Blue/White ......... Not used ..... 5 ...... Blue/White
receive. 6 ...... Green ..................... 2 .......... 6 ...... Orange ........ receive
.......... 7 ....... Brown/White ...... Not used ..... 7 ...... Brown/White
.......... 8 ....... Brown ............... Not used ..... 8 ...... Brown



Chewy

 

that's what I did, but not everyone has access to terminal crimpers