On 1/14/2017 4:52 PM, wes wrote: > all you need to do is set an IP address on each system. use your google-fu > to find out how to do this in the OS running on each of those systems. for > example: > > https://www.google.com/#safe=off&q=how+to+set+an+ip+address+on+windows+xp > > https://www.google.com/#safe=off&q=how+to+set+an+ip+address+on+debian
Google did not respond to the _format_ you show, but did respond to https://www.google.com/search?q=how+to+set+an+ip+address+on+windows+xp [perhaps as I have JavaScript disabled?] The discussion of assigning specific IP addresses was premature, I didn't have enough background. A duckduckgo search hit on a wikipedia page that wasn't productive on its own . However following chains of links was. > > the IP addresses should not be the same on both systems, but they should > have the same first 3 sets of numbers. for example: > > 192.168.1.2 > 192.168.1.3 > > -wes > > On Sat, Jan 14, 2017 at 6:53 AM, Richard Owlett <rowl...@cloud85.net> wrote: > >> I suspect what I'm looking for is ONE 3 ft piece of terminated >> Cat6 cable ;) >> I have two laptops - one (a Lenovo T43) speaks only WinXP Pro, >> the other (a Lenovo T430) only Debian Jessie. >> Sometime back I attempted to have them communicate via ethernet - >> hence the availability of the Cat6 cable. As far as I got was >> both sides recognized that electrically the other existed. >> My LAN knowledge is ~= "null set". >> My non-productive web search turned up only references that >> PRESUMED the goal was connecting a multiplicity of devices. I >> could not sift the wheat from the chaff. >> At power on the WinXP reports as a unconnected ethernet Host. >> If it wants to be top dog, so be it. >> My goal is to transfer some large data files from the WinXP box >> to the Debian box. >> Can someone point me to appropriate educational material that is >> focused on connecting EXACTLY two computers by exactly one piece >> of cable. >> There shall be ABSOLUTELY no mention of hubs, routers, switches, etc. >> Gee, any hint I'm frustrated ;/ >> TIA >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> PLUG mailing list >> PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org >> http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug >> > _______________________________________________ > PLUG mailing list > PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
