On Friday 25 January 2002 14:04 pm, you wrote: > On Fri, 2002-01-25 at 07:03, poogle wrote: > > I have a network card in my PC and a pcmcia network card in my laptop, > > both are recognised/configured , I have crossover RJ45 cable and now I > > want them to talk to each other. (both running 8.1, Windows not involved > > here) I have read the books and rtfm but still don't understand what to > > do. Can anyone point me to a simple tutorial covering Linux "peer to > > peer" networking please, I've tried a google search but not come up with > > one that meets my needs. > > What, exactly, are you trying to do? If both machines have IP addresses > on the same network, then they should be able to ping each other. Can > they? >This is the part I don't understand, what IP addresses to use and how to configure them > Are you wanting to emulate a Windows-type "Network Neighborhood"? If so, > then you need to install Samba server and client on each machine, then > configure them. >No I only want to be able to move files between machines for now, for example if I download something bigger than 1.44mb, I don't want to have to burn a CD just to get it onto the laptop, and I don't want to connect the laptop to the internet to download it again. (Windows has been banished BTW) > Alternatively, you could go with Linux' native NFS, which is more > powerful than Samba. It lets you mount network filesystems in a similar > manner that you would map a network drive in Windows, but it also > maintains proper file permissions and executable capabilities between > Linux boxes. > > Dave
-- Poogle Registered Linux user 182657
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