Peer to Peer tool for File Transfer

Question

I'm looking for a tool that can transfer files from one computer (Windows) to another (Mac) in a trusted network-enviroment.

It has to be a free tool and should work when possible without registration.

It should work this way: start tool on computer 1, start tool on computer 2. computer 1 will find computer 2 so they can transfer a file over the home wlan.

thanks

Answer 1

p300 might be able to do what you're looking for. It's small, simple and is written in Java so it's also cross-platform.

Answer 2

As the machines are local to each other, could you not just setup a fileshare on one of the machines that the users on the other machine can drop files into or pull them out from?

Answer 3

Cheap webserver with Python

If you know the IP of the sharing computer, and you have Python installed, then open a terminal and run

python -m SimpleHTTPServer

or for Python 3.x:

python -m http.server 8000

From the directory you want to share and head over to http://IP_OF_WIN_MACHINE:8000 from your favorite browser on the mac. Voila! instant file sharing. (I've done this over 100Mbps Ethernet point to point link and had file transfers at around 15Mbps for large files >GB)

FTP

FTP was built for this. Run a free FTP server on your win machine, such as Filezilla server or Cerberus and then use your favorite ftp client from your mac, such as Cyberduck. Easy peasy (and free).

Answer 4

Teamviewer allows secure file transfer between Windows and Mac OS X (free for personal use). Teamviewer doesn't require configuration or port forwarding, it works right out of the box. A portable version for Windows is available.