Just share your downloads folder using samba. You can then access it directly from windows. https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Samba On Mon, Mar 7, 2011 at 5:38 PM, Madhurya Kakati <mkakati2805@xxxxxxxxx>wrote: > Hi all, > Got hold of a cheap laptop. I want to use it as my download rig. It > will be on most of the time downloading torrents. > The laptop actually came with Windows XP installed. I setup the laptop > ip as 192.168.1.5 and my desktop (running Windows 7) ip as > 192.168.1.4. After doing that I connected both of them using a lan > wire. I then enable sharing on both of them and I could transfer files > directly from one computer to the other at speeds of upto 75MBps. I > want to know how to do the same with archlinux or Windows 7 running on > my desktop and archlinux running on the desktop. Please tell me how to > do that. I want to be able to tranfer downloaded content directly from > the laptop to the desktop using a lan cable. > Thanks. > -- have a nice day -jck
