Re: ethernet howto

[M-L <rose_snug@bigpond.com>]

On Wednesday 01 November 2006 11:18, Alejandro Bárcena Campos shared this with 
us all:
> M-L wrote:
> > I want to just share files between two laptops and have cat 5e crossover
> > cable to do this with ethernet cards in each lappy.
> >
> > But I have no idea where to start from scratch, have never done this
> > before I any way.
> >
> > Have googled endlessly and found a heap of stuff that wants me to put it
> > through a hub with different cabling and wants me to share a modem and
> > all sorts of stuff like this. Nothing simple and how I can then access
> > each computer.
> >
> > I just want to be able to get from one of my machines into the other, to
> > transfer a few files and that's it.
> >
> > Can someone please give me a hint where I can find a simple howto to do
> > this.
> >
> > TIA
> > Charlie
>
> Just assign an ip address of the same class to each of your laptops. For
> example: 192.168.0.1 & 192.168.0.2
>
> They should be able to stablish a network conection between them...
>
> Then transfer the files the way you like, by ftp, ssh, rsync, tftp, www,
> etc...
>
> I guess the easyest way is ssh, just install it, configure it and: scp
> files user@host:/path/where/you/want/them/
>
> --
> Saludos,
> Alejandro Bárcena Campos

Thank you Alejandro
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