Re: ethernet howto

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

On Wednesday 01 November 2006 11:28, Douglas Tutty shared this with us all:
> On Wed, Nov 01, 2006 at 11:02:25AM +1100, 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.
> >
> > 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.
> >
> >
> > Can someone please give me a hint where I can find a simple howto to do
> > this.
>
> You may be having trouble because its so simple (and historically
> fundamental to UNIX-like OSs).  I think everything you need is in the
> debian-reference and anything that's not is in the networking howto.
>
> Hooking up the cross-over cable takes care of the hardware.
> Ensure that each computer recognizes its ethernet card.
> Edit /etc/hosts and /etc/network/interfaces on each computer
> 	(you'll have to pick a network, I would suggest 192.168.1.1 and
> 	192.168.1.2 netmask 255.255.255 broadcast 192.168.1.255)
>
> Reboot both (you could do it without but this is simplest).
> Type ifconfig on each and you should see eth0
> from lappy1: ping lappy2
> from lappy2: ping lappy1
> set up ssh on both
> then use scp, the shvfs of mc, sftp, or whatever to actually transfer
> 	the files.
>
> Remember, read the debian-reference.
>
> Doug.

Thanks Doug, I have the Debian reference installed and will go there now.

Thanks again,
Charlie

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