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Aye, I know how files copy vs file move works in general; but the point the Doc's making is that when you were doing file operations on a remove drive mapping previously it would copy/move the files 'through' the local machine you were logged onto rather than performing the operations directly on the remote machine even when you were copying/moving only within the same remote disc partition. And I'm saying I think that doesn't happen any more; at least when you're doing it on two Windows 7 machines as I am at home. A bit of quick Googling shows that MS introduced SMB version 2 with Windows Vista which could account for the change I see at home. It only uses v2 if both machines in question are running Vista or onwards thought which would also explain why the Doc sees the old behaviour when using his Mac to hit a network share.

Or I'm talking utter shite and it doesn't work the way I think it does at all, but I'll try it tonight when I get home and report back either way in case anyone cares.

Depends how much you care about the legal aspect of it. Given that with torrents it's incredibly easy for someone to track who's downloaded a given file, as well as the fact that by torrenting you're technically distributing content rather than just downloading it, I'm astonished that anyone uses torrents any more.

Also, nntp traffic isn't shaped in my experience.

I don't know how to use an alternative...

http://www.sickbeard.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=10
http://christopher-williams.net/2010/08 ... ick-beard/

I watch pretty much all my TV via download these days, so for me it is.

Just checked and yeah, when working with two Win7 machines moving files on a remote machine definitely doesn't push the file operation through the local machine.

This thread will do! Despite my flat being about the size of a fucking shoebox my Sky router still often struggles to get a decent wifi signal from the living room to the bedroom. I understand that 'being generally awful' is a standard feature of ISP supplied routers so I'm thinking I should maybe pick up something better. I'm not looking to spend a fortune here because it's a minor irritation more than anything so my only real requirements are that it's an improvement on the bundled Sky thing and that, well, it works with Sky's broadband. Also, how do you actually switch these things out? Do I need to spoof the MAC address and whatnot?

IIRC the only thing you have to do is fuck about with the firmware on the existing one so you can get the actual broadband username and password to enter into the new one.

Can you not grab a wifi extender?

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Belkin-Mounted ... ag=beex-21

Other options are :

Wifi range extenders (which do work but it will depend on the availability of plugs and whatever else is interfering with signals
Homeplugs

You could also check what channels are being used (there are a variety of different apps and sites that do it but i cant find the one i used to use which was something by Cisco - meraki or similar)

Yeah, maybe, I wasn't sure how effective these things actually were. Have you used them? Are they any good?



I've got limited sockets at the point where the router is so I don't think a Homeplug would really work. I've checked the channels in the past and the router was doing as good a job as it could of auto-selecting the least cluttered channel, but in a street that's full of individual flats it doesn't really make much difference sadly.

Actually, fuck it, for the sake of £20 delivered I've just bought that extender Grim linked to so hopefully that'll sort it!

Indeed I have, and it seemed to work pretty well.

This app will show you how strong the signal is from each device: https://play.google.com/store/apps/deta ... i.analyzer