On 8/19/2016 9:56 AM, Lisi Reisz wrote:
On Friday 19 August 2016 14:59:12 Richard Owlett wrote:
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/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.
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)."
You asked for advice, but seem only interested in informing. If you already
know everything there is to know about YOUR network, why are you asking us
anything??
I was emphasizing the topology. As stated previously the physical
layer works. I expect that after reading _Networking for Dummies_
I'll be a lot closer to having machines communicate.
And what *precisely* do you mean by an Ethernet cable??
3ft Cat6 with attached connectors.
Lisi
