Re: A minimalist network
On Thu 18 Aug 2016 at 08:58:23 -0500, Richard Owlett wrote:
> On 8/17/2016 8:07 PM, David Christensen wrote:
> >On 08/17/2016 07:45 AM, Richard Owlett wrote:
> >>I wish to connect two laptops via Ethernet.
> >>
> >>The Debian machine is having various configurations of Jessie installed.
> >>Consider it a laboratory experiment. It can have multiple installs in a
> >>day. It intentionally has *NO* internet connectivity. It has a small
> >>partition set aside for preseed.cfg and miscellaneous scripts.
> >>
> >>The second machine is running WinXP Pro SP3 and serves as source of
> >>preseed and script files.
> >>
> >>My internet searches turn up too much outdated information and/or fine
> >>detail. Most link assume a server with multiple clients. Better
> >>description would be a peer to peer setup. It may be convenient to have
> >>the Windows machine act as a terminal for the Debian machine.
> >
> >It would help if you provided more information about your network and
> >computers:
> >
> >1. Laptop make, model, and version, CPU make and model, RAM size,
> >HDD/SSD size, and Ethernet speed of Windows laptop.
> >
> >2. Experimental laptop and key parameters (as above).
> >
> >3. Internet modem or gateway.
> >
> >4. Router and/or routing software.
> >
> >5. Any other devices we should know about.
> >
> >6. Distances between devices.
> >
> >
>
> 1. ThinkPad T43 [https://support.lenovo.com/us/en/documents/pd012235]
> 2. ThinkPad R61 [https://support.lenovo.com/us/en/documents/pd013965]
> 3. N/A
You presumably have a modem/router already. The Debian machine doesn't
have to use it as gateway to the internet. Set up routing for it to send
packets to the local network only.
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