How to uploads to the web work on local networks
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Let's say I have two computers hooked up as a home network. They both use the same router, and the router is hooked up to the to the net.
Now lets say I am working on computer A, and I can access files on computer B. Computer A has a drive that is mounted on computer A as a network drive.
Now I want to upload a file to a website. In the browser of computer A I open a browser, and go the website. On the website I select 'upload file', now in the file browser I go to the network drive, and select a file on computer B to upload.
What happens in this case. Is the file uploaded directly from computer B to the website, or is the file first transferred to computer A, and then to the website.
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