OT: Free Hosting for Big files

[Franz Waldmüller]

Hi Jose
Jose Luis Alarcon Sanchez schrieb:
> Hi There!.
> 
> I need share a file bigger than 250 Mb. I was several days searching
> the Internet for a free style hosting site, where my fellows can access
> to the file and download it. But i can't find a "serious" free hosting.
> 
> Do you know any web or ftp site where i can up this file?.
a transfer with bittorrent would be very easy:
Start Transmission:
Applications -> Internet -> Transmission
Torrent -> New
Select File or Folder
add a tracker:
e.g.:
http://tracker.openbittorrent.com/announce

do not select "private tracker"

create the torrent
Add the torrent to transmission, and as download folder select the 
folder where the original file/folder is located.

Transmission will detect the existing files, and will be ready to seed 
the file to your friends.

Email the created torrent file to your friends the will have to add the 
torrent to their bittorrent client.
If the don't have a bittorrent client installed (Windows) check out 
deluge: http://deluge-torrent.org/ (there might be the need to restart 
windows after the install of deluge)

if the don't have administrator privileges they may want to try: 
http://portableapps.com/apps/internet/utorrent_portable (Not Free as in 
Freedom)
Linux clients should have a bittorrent client installed.

It works like a charm + all Files are checked after the download.
In order to transfer the files the seeder and the leecher have to be 
online at the same time. Contrary to conventional downloads it doesn't 
matter if the transfer is interrupted.


If you want to transfer the file to several friends the usage of 
bittorrent will speed up the transfer (if your friends start seeding, too).

If you have some secret documents to share you might want to create an 
encrypted archive before creating the torrent.

Franz