Re: Connecting two computers using an ethernet cable

[Hugo Vanwoerkom <hvw59601@care2.com>]

Ron Johnson wrote:
> On 08/20/08 09:05, Rick Morneau wrote:
> > I have two computers that I would like to transfer files
> > between.  One runs Debian Etch r3 and the other runs
> > Fedora Core 2.  They both have ethernet boards.
> >
> > Can I just connect them with an ethernet cable
>
> Yes.  You need a "crossover cable".  Any computer store will have them.
>
> >                                                and run
> > some program or other to transfer data between them?
>
> Sure.  People have been transferring files across networks for 35 years.
>
> > Obviously, I know next to nothing about ethernet and so
> > I'm asking for help.
>
> Plug the cable into both computers and see if they auto-detect the network.
>
> You will have to go into some network configuration utility so set up 
> other parameters.

Googling I find no straightforward answers to this rather basic question.

And it's just a matter of editing /etc/network!



> However... if you know *nothing* about networks, and they weren't 
> configured when you installed Linux, I suggest sneakernet.  Thumb drives 
> are pretty big nowadays.