On 8/20/09, Dotan Cohen <dotanco...@gmail.com> wrote: > I often need to transfer large files from my notebook to other > computers. I use an 4 GB disk on key device for the purpose, but as I > have a crossover ethernet cable I figure that I might be able to > connect the computers directly. I would like to avoid configuring > anything on the "other" computer as they are not my computers (they > belong to people I study with). They are mostly Windows computers, but > there are a few Debians and one Fedora machine in the crowd.
AFAIK most of the present day network hardware have Auto-MDIX http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Auto-MDIX My T42, three years old has this, so one really does not have to bother. > > Can I configure an FTP server locally, that would allow for easy > connection via Windows Explorer, Konqueror, and Nautilus? I need the > ability to transfer files in both directions. Thanks in advance for > any ideas. I would suggest using Samba. FTP is always an option. > > -- > Dotan Cohen > > http://what-is-what.com > http://gibberish.co.il > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-laptop-requ...@lists.debian.org > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > listmas...@lists.debian.org > > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-laptop-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
