I\'m looking for a tool to quickly send large files from my PC to another one th

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I'm looking for a tool to quickly send large files from my PC to another one through my private network. My requirements :

Very fast (faster than using a USB flash drive)
Allows big files (~ 1 GO)
Any kind of file (films, archive, disk image, ...)
Windows 7/8 working. Optional Unix support.
Musts work on a basic private network (router with ethernet or wifi connexion, no other specific devices)
Gratis and light software
No GUI requirement, I accept CLI tips
No security needs (because it must be kept on my private network)

Edit : Actually I remember using 5 years ago (I was student) a windows XP's command allowing very fast upload/download (up to 100MB/s) with multicast support. I haven't be able to recover it, so I'm looking for a substitute.

Explanation / Answer

I recommend Filezilla.

Its an open source FTP client / server (has it both). FTP is a very fast way of distributing Files. Its also very well documented so you can get it everywhere.

You open the server part on one machine and tell it what directories you want to be open. It then opens up the FTP Ports (20/21) that should be allowed by your local firewall configuration.

Then you go to the receiving machine and either install the FileZilla client there (see screenshot below) or you open up your regular Windows File Explorer click into the Adressbar and enter ftp://SERVER/ and you get a file listing there as the regular Windows Explorer is capable of FTP.

One usage advantage is also the continuation of failed transfers. You get a log and can just click it to continue.

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