A cross over cable takes away the need for a switch or a hub between two machines. You should be able to use a crossover cable so long as you setup your network addressing correctly on each machine and also setup your sharing on each machine so that you know where to copy the data across to the second machine.
-----Original Message----- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionar...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Hypnotic Consulting Sent: Sunday, 11 July 2010 9:20 a.m. To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: transferring stuff between pc and mac Josh wrote: I heard of something called a network crossover cable. I wonder if it would be faster to buy one of those and transfer it that way? Because by doing it the other way the 100 gigs of stuff will be transferring over Yes, I'm not sure if they all do this or if it's a specific one that you can get without having to config anything. It's about twenty bucks. You should be able to find it with a google search. Otherwise, I transfer over a gig or two and it takes about 10 to 20 mins. Jorge -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
