Comment on Hosting files on the LAN to trusted folks at a LAN party -- FTP?
Xanza@lemm.ee 4 weeks agoI haven’t seen a USB 2.0 drive in 15 or so years. So I’d say you’re pretty safe… And even if that were the case, it’s still preferable vs hogging the connection for a single file.
USB transfer only affects you with slow speeds until the transfer is done. Network transfer affects the entire party with slow speeds until the transfer is done.
It’s the obvious choice if you’re having saturation issues, even at 2.0 speeds.
evenwicht@lemmy.sdf.org 3 weeks ago
The event is ~2—3 hours or so. If someone needs the full Debian (80 gb!), I think USB 2 would not work in that timeframe. USB 2 sticks may be rare, but at this event there are ppl with old laptops that have no USB 3 sockets. A lot of people plug into ethernet. And the switch looks somewhat more serious than a 4-port SOHO… it has like 20+ ports with fans, so I don’t get the impression ethernet congestion would be an issue.