Re: A minimalist network

[Miles Fidelman <mfidelman@meetinghouse.net>]

On 8/17/16 6:00 PM, Brian wrote:
> On Wed 17 Aug 2016 at 17:42:31 -0400, Miles Fidelman wrote:
>
> > On 8/17/16 5:14 PM, Richard Owlett wrote:
> >
> > > Do I really want an "ftp server"? I can see the WinXP machine as a
> > > "server". Do I have problems with definitions?
> > Something has to talk, something has to listen and respond.  Even in a
> > peer-to-peer setup, there has to be a process listening and responding to
> > incoming packets.  Whether you call it a process or a server - something has
> > to be running.
> Very well put. I know nothing about Windows but the principle you outline
> is fundamental to networking. Nothing listening on one machine, therefore
> nothing transferred.
>
> As an alternative to an ftp server there is netcat and Ncat. Both run on
> Debian and both have Windows versions.

Good point.  If all you want to do is send packets from one machine, and 
see them show up on another one - netcat is just the ticket.

Then again, for testing whether networking is working on one machine, 
there's nothing better than having a server running on another machine, 
and telneting to it's port - see if you get a HELO or equivalent.  With 
netcat, it's all human typing and reading on both sides of the connection.

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