On 8/19/2016 8:51 AM, Brian wrote:
On Fri 19 Aug 2016 at 07:41:56 -0500, Richard Owlett wrote:On 8/18/2016 9:04 AM, Brian wrote: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. [snip]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/AYou 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.As I had said in last paragraph of https://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2016/08/msg00609.html : "Why would I be interested in ssh as both machines are sitting on my desk and _neither_ will be connected to the internet when ethernet connection is live?"The technique I outlined is exactly that; no more and no less. Neither machine would be connected to the internet; they would communicate only with each other. It would be an interesting project to undertake as part of the Education in Retirement program; especially if it was done wirelessly, with or without the router being involved.
As I replied to Thomas a few minutes ago:The exhaustive all inclusive description of *MY* network is "A Lenovo T43 running WinXP Pro SP3 connected by a short Ethernet cable to a Lenovo R61 running experimental configurations of Debian Jessie (Mate desktop)."