On Wed, Mar 24, 2021 at 10:34:53AM -0500, Richard Owlett wrote: > This is essentially a reading list request. > I have never administered a LAN and believe in "learning by doing". > I have two laptops with clean installs of Buster. During installation server > software was installed on *ONE* of them. Communication will be via WiFi. The > MATE panel's network connection icon for each laptop shows the existence of > WiFi sources in the neighborhood. > > Any specific suggestions for reading? > What internet search terms will lead to productive results? > TIA > >
Back to the 20 questions email: * You've got two laptops which can connect via wifi to your wifi appliance - the T-Mobile hotspot? * They pick up an IP address via DHCP? * The IP addresses are on the same subnet? * If ICMP is not blocked - can you ping from one to the other / can you use nslookup or similar to see that there is connectivity? * Do both have connectivity to the Internet - can you use one of them to look up information from the 'Net while you work on the other, for example? * Server software - what do you want to DO? * What is it that you've installed to allow you to do that? "I've bought a car: I believe in learning by doing: can anybody give me advice on how to drive it - [Grand Theft Auto seemed to give advanced driving techniques that might be beyond me ... ] " would not be an appropriate introduction to beginning to learn to drive, for example : help us to help you. All best, Andy Cater