Fast connection: Sending a large file from my PC to friend's PC in another town

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Both my friend and I have a fast internet connection and are both using
XP Pro.
I would like to send him a file e.g. a video file we put on CD for a
promotional event which is very large.
We tried via Messenger but that failed.
How can we do it so that 1) if the connection failed, we could resume
the transfer and 2) is it possible to set up a peer-to-peer network for
just the two of us?
(I think P2P is the terminology I should use).
Any ideas anyone?
 
You might try a VPN link...

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/home/using/productdoc/en/conn_vpn.asp
http://www.onecomputerguy.com/networking/xp_vpn_server.htm
http://www.onecomputerguy.com/networking/xp_vpn.htm

If your behind a firewall/NAT/router you will need to forward/open TCP Port 1723 and pass GRE
Protocol 47 traffic for PPTP VPN. Some firewall/NAT/router devices call this "PPTP Pass Through" or
"VPN Pass Through". Check the documentation or the manufacturers support web site for help with
this.
 
Sooner said:
You might try a VPN link...

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/home/using/productdoc/en/conn_vpn.asp
http://www.onecomputerguy.com/networking/xp_vpn_server.htm
http://www.onecomputerguy.com/networking/xp_vpn.htm
Click to expand...

Had a read of the "onecomputerguy" server page
(http://www.onecomputerguy.com/networking/xp_vpn_server.htm) - thanks.
To set up the server bit, on his page (point 18) it says:
Determine how you want the remote computers to get their IP address.
and
The above example will assign IP addresses to each client. Make sure the
IP scheme is the same as on your server.

if my friend's IP address (computer A - the server) is e.g.
196.197.198.199 and mine is 199.198.197.196. (computer B - the client)
would he put in the boxes for point number 18, my IP address i.e.
From 199.198.197.196.
To 199.198.197.196.

Then on point of 10 of
(http://www.onecomputerguy.com/networking/xp_vpn.htm) I would put his IP
address i.e.
196.197.198.199

In the setup boxes, we would *not* check the boxes for any of the
options of points 8 and 11 of
http://www.onecomputerguy.com/networking/xp_vpn_server.htm)
Am I understanding this setup procedure correctly?
Also...whose password and username do I put in the box when I click on
the connection to connect to the server PC?
Would it be my friend's logon name and password? Or can he set up a
logon name and password just for me to connect?
Hope someone can help with all my question!
Thanks
 
You can see how I setup my XP VPN server on this page. Ignore the PocketPC references... Note my
addressing scheme... Clients are assigned IP addresses in the 192.168.1.X range. In the example
shown the top IP is the address assigned as the VPN server gateway IP upon connection by a client.
The bottom number is the last possible IP that can be assigned by the VPN server to a client. I keep
my range intentionally small... In this example only one possible IP can be assigned to a VPN
client. In my case normal network IP addresses are in the 192.168.0.X range. See the Pocket Hosts
hosts file example on the referenced page below...

All calls from the client to the server are made to the public IP of the server, ie. the IP assigned
by the ISP of the VPN server. In my case that would be a 65.64.X.X address, *NOT* the 192.168.1.1
address.

http://www.oecadvantage.net/ajarvi/PpcVPN.html

As far as an account is concerned, you friend can either let you use his ID and password or setup a
specific account for you. Personally I favor the later approach...
 
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