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I have 2 computers on the same LAN and I would like to send messages and exchange files and folders between them.. I dont want to set up a windows workgroup however. I just want to use a tol which will make my life easier. Is there any such tool out ther other than LANchat?
madman
Posted 2013-09-11T23:46:36.383
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For just chatting between machines on the network you can use Pidgin (Use the Bonjour protocol), or you could try Miranda IM with the iChat addon.
heavyd
Posted 2013-09-11T23:46:36.383
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Dropbox, Sugarsync, Google Drive. Otherwise set up FTP. In general even if you don't have a workgroup set up, you should be able to access other PCs on the network if they have shared drives.
Philipp
Posted 2013-09-11T23:46:36.383
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How can any of these be used to send messages? Also Dropbox, Sugarsync, Google Drive require internet connections - how would that be applicable to a LAN environment? – 50-3 – 2013-09-12T05:03:45.730
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If its just sending files between systems, nitroshare works pretty well. I run a internal IRC server for messaging, and it might work here as well. Its developed by an Askubuntu regular, and its pretty troublefree
Journeyman Geek
Posted 2013-09-11T23:46:36.383
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Try Squiggle. it have a good gui, file transfer is possible
Renju Chandran chingath
Posted 2013-09-11T23:46:36.383
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What OS are you using on the computers? – heavyd – 2013-09-11T23:55:34.887
Windows 7 on both computers – madman – 2013-09-12T00:05:36.603
1https://www.google.com/#q=lan+im – Austin T French – 2013-09-12T02:34:42.933