From: Dave Lilley Date: 2009-12-28T14:06:09+09:00 Subject: Re: pasing data between 2 win XP boxes via internet Albert, I won't be having a "PC server" well not for the present time being anyway. I was hoping i could "just" cause an event to happen which would linkup with the other PC push the data down and then close the connection. I wasn't sure at the start of my posting and the initial 2 replies just comfirmed it for me. well I'm now resigned to the fact of having a "server" sited on a PC. cheers, dave. Albert Schlef wrote: > Dave Lilley wrote: >> I am needing to pass via the internet data from a Desktop PC to a Laptop >> and vis versa in an adhoc manner. > > > Well, there's also the option of introducing a 3'rd computer: a server. > Your desktop sends the file there, and the laptop downloads it form > there (or vice versa). > > That's basically how software upgrdes go (think RubyGems, SVN, etc). -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.