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Justin Dave D.'s avatar
Justin Dave D.
New member | Level 1
12 years ago

Why is LAN sync not working?

Hi. I'm wondering why Drobox's LAN Sync feature is a hit or miss, at least for me. Sometimes it would download the files through the internet despite being on the same network with my other PC. I've ...
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Daniel B.41's avatar
Daniel B.41
Helpful | Level 6
11 years ago

Wait a minute... If DropBox needs to push the file to the server BEFORE it synchronizes with local machines, doesn't that kinda defeat the purpose of LAN sync? It should notice that one machine has a file to share, make a note of it in the online database, share the file locally, and THEN upload to DB.com. I hope I'm missing something here but, if any other service does it more efficiently, that's enough motivation for me to switch.

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