connecting to a server

[Bill Stanley]

This is getting tedious...

Is there any way to get a BIG (4.5 GB) file from my server to the 
laptop.  I am having problems on the laptop  with connecting to the 
server where the BIG file is located.  I have other computers on the 
network that can access the file but not the lapto

I have tried to connect to the server using places/connect.  I choose 
Windows share and the servers name.  I get back an error message stating

Cannot display location "smb//???"  (note: The servers name is not ???)

The other computers on the network accessing this server so the problem 
is in the laptop.  I ran apt-get install smbfs to try to connect the 
other was and use the laptop as a server and thus having the server SEND 
the file.  Still no luck.   The laptop has a new install of 10.10 and 
smbfs is the only change I have made from a fresh install.


PS is there any other way to get the big file to the laptop.  I tried a 
DVD but this file is to big for even a DVD.  (The largest file you can 
put on a DVD is 2 GB.  I tried and failed.)  Is there any way to split 
up the file, write the pieces of the file to disk, read the disks on the 
laptop and then reconstruct the big file from its pieces.   This would 
be very laborious and the network route is far better.

Bill Stanley