Internet Protocols and Transferring Files?

[Fred]

ANY machine with shared files or printers is a server. FTP and ssh are totally different items. SSH is secure shell for remote login. It encrypts the connection so nothing passed across the connection is readable by anyone monitoring the network. NOTHING to do with file transfer. FTP is file transfer protocol purely designed for transferring files to or from the server. Useless to you fr pulling files from a PC, unless you install server software on it. The fastest transfer you can hope for is straight network copying.