Re: connect 2 computers with USB
The computers, except on an NIC-hardware level probabbly, do not even
notice the difference. The only thing that needs to be changed is the
cable, which needs to be a "Crossover" cable as opposed to a
"Straight-Through" or "Patch" cable, which would normally be used with a
switch or hub.
On Fri, 2002-09-13 at 19:08, Peter S Galbraith wrote:
> Adrian 'Dagurashibanipal' von Bidder <avbidder@fortytwo.ch> wrote:
>
> > On Fri, 2002-09-13 at 01:38, Matthew Weier O'Phinney wrote:
> >
> > > Go get a couple cheap network cards and a four-port ethernet hub. It's
> > > easier and cheaper.
> >
> > No need for a hub, when it's only 2 computers for the foreseeable
> > future. Get a crossover ethernet cable instead.
>
> Is there a quick HOWTO somewhere on configuring the networks for that?
> (e.g. /etc/network/interfaces entries)
>
> It would be nice if there a Debian command :
>
> $ /etc/init.d/networking crossover
>
> such that I could take my DSL network down, hook in my crossover cable
> instead to connect my potable, and run that command to have it
> connected.
>
> Peter
>
>
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