As of 2018 the most common protocols are smb cifs default for windows and macos 10 9 or newer afp default for macos prior to 10 9 nfs default for linux and most unix operating system webdav based on http vendor neutral.
Errors transferring mat file by vpn.
Firewall is off no av uac is off windows 10.
If multiple files need to be transferred appropriate file pattern wild cards and may be used with put and get.
When transferring files especially larger files from site1 to site2 server1 the file transfer fails.
Another scenario may be remote workers who connect using vpns to access file servers.
Get a copy of a remote file to store onto the local machine.
In short when i try copying large files 1 0 gb from my pc wireless ac to my nas ethernet the connection drops sometimes the sometimes is the irritating part.
Here local means the computer from where you are running the file transfer command or program and the remote computer is the one at the other end of that connection.
To access volumes and files hosted on a file server one of several available distributed file system protocols must be used.
Vpn is prone to network interruptions with large files because it saturates the internet bandwidth and when other vpn clients try to use the vpn tunnel the file transfer will be interrupted.
I don t think this can be a vpn issue because transferring the same files to site2 server2 which is on the same network as server1 works fine.
See my comment on the question above.
Smb performance over vpn is an issue we see periodically at our clients.
The file is not open the user has full permissions over the folder and all files i can copy the file move rename delete create again but it just doesn t want to transfer to these 2 specific clients.
I can ping the drive just fine copy from the network drive to my pc create files on the server and delete from the server.
I just can t move copy a file from my pc to the network drive.
This document describes a troubleshooting scenario which applies to applications that do not work through the cisco anyconnect vpn client.
I am having an issue copying any file from my pc to a mapped network drive over vpn.