Best way to send files to n900
 

Hello,

I am thinking that the best way to access the n900 from the computer will be the local network/router. Will I get an average of 54 mbps or is that some theoretical maximum speed?

Also, how fast will memorycard-reading or usb-cable be?

Simply, what is your prefered way of transfer ? :)

Re: Best way to send files to n900
 

It will show up as a USB attached storage if you connect it via a USB cable - probably the fastest way to move files

Re: Best way to send files to n900
 

Ok

Does anyone know about the wlan transfer speeds? Is it a good idea to set up a local filezilla ftp server or something?

Re: Best way to send files to n900
 

What about transferring via network? I'd rather do that, for smaller files

Re: Best way to send files to n900
 

Like with an SFTP client...Cyberduck? Or for less sophisticated users an app like DropBox.

Re: Best way to send files to n900
 

Is samba ported to Maemo? That could be useful for people on Windows as long as there is an easy way to configure username/password for the shares (I certainly wouldn't leave it wide open).

That is in fact what I am thinking of doing when I get mine. Make a large /home partition instead of having the fat32 one then use scp or some other method to upload files directly. I see no reason to use USB except to sync contacts, calendar, etc, and even then WiFi or Bluetooth (perhaps even over GSM/3G) would be more seamless as it could keep everything in sync without having to remember to plug into the PC. (as the mains charger will charge faster)

Re: Best way to send files to n900
 

Yea dropBox would be perfect, does that run on maemo 5?

Re: Best way to send files to n900
 

OpenSSH server and an SFTP client on your computer. Works great.

Re: Best way to send files to n900
 

As a *nix user, I'll probably just export some part of the device's filesystem over nfs, mount nfs shares from other devices in my network, scp stuff over to/from the device or, in a really nerdy/geeky style send tar [1] streams over netcat [2], either way ;)

[1] http://man.freebsd.org/tar
[2] http://man.freebsd.org/nc

Re: Best way to send files to n900
 

The 54Mbps is a speed based on the signalling rate of the radio. The actual maximum data transfer speed with a tcp-based protocol is roughly half that (most practical real-world scenarios reach a limit of around 23Mbps in practice).

As has been mentioned already...tranferring via USB is going to be your fastest method available for bulk file transfers.