Re: [newbie] looking for easy, cheap, way to share files,cable connection between two boxes

2002-12-17 Thread joe
On Mon, 2002-12-16 at 01:07, Jerry wrote: > On 16 Dec 2002 14:38:21 +1100 > > -- > As a person fairly new to networking with linux i can vouch... it's pretty simple. >I turned my machines off, put in the NIC's, hooked the 2 together, then I >re-installed all my OS's when I did it (i'd been tin

Re: [newbie] looking for easy, cheap, way to share files, cable connection between two boxes

2002-12-17 Thread Jerry
On 16 Dec 2002 14:38:21 +1100 Stephen Kuhn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Mon, 2002-12-16 at 14:08, joe wrote: > > On Sun, 2002-12-15 at 16:42, FemmeFatale wrote: > > > At 03:00 PM 12/15/2002 -0600, you wrote: > > > >. Stephen, can you share the internet with a > > > >crossover cable? > > > > >

Re: [newbie] looking for easy, cheap, way to share files, cable connection between two boxes

2002-12-16 Thread Technoslick
e" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, December 15, 2002 10:08 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] looking for easy, cheap, way to share files, cable connection between two boxes On Sun, 2002-12-15 at 16:42, FemmeFatale wrote: > At 03:00 PM 12/15/2002 -0600, you wrote: &g

Re: [newbie] looking for easy, cheap, way to share files,cable connection between two boxes

2002-12-15 Thread Brandon Vanderberg
Option 1. You can connect two computers together with a x-over cable. This does require a 2nd NIC in your 8.2 box. The advantage is that you don't have to buy hub or switch. Also, you only really need to worry about having a firewall on the 8.2 box. It will protect the oth

Re: [newbie] looking for easy, cheap, way to share files,cable connection between two boxes

2002-12-15 Thread Stephen Kuhn
On Mon, 2002-12-16 at 14:08, joe wrote: > On Sun, 2002-12-15 at 16:42, FemmeFatale wrote: > > At 03:00 PM 12/15/2002 -0600, you wrote: > > >. Stephen, can you share the internet with a > > >crossover cable? > > > Yes provided the cable goes to a Hub/router/whatevers Uplink Or #1 > > port. thats

Re: [newbie] looking for easy, cheap, way to share files,cable connection between two boxes

2002-12-15 Thread joe
On Sun, 2002-12-15 at 16:42, FemmeFatale wrote: > At 03:00 PM 12/15/2002 -0600, you wrote: > >. Stephen, can you share the internet with a > >crossover cable? > Yes provided the cable goes to a Hub/router/whatevers Uplink Or #1 > port. thats what that port is for. > OK now I am confused (again

Re: [newbie] looking for easy, cheap, way to share files, cable connection between two boxes

2002-12-15 Thread Dennis Myers
On Saturday 14 December 2002 11:01 pm, joe wrote: > I was thinking of either a plain old hub (don't have the money for a > router), or another NIC. Next most important consideration is ease of > use, for a newb like me. Will be using either mdk 7 or 8.2 on one box > (old pentium) and 9.0/XP on the

Re: [newbie] looking for easy, cheap, way to share files,cable connection between two boxes

2002-12-15 Thread Stephen Kuhn
On Mon, 2002-12-16 at 05:27, joe wrote: > Stephen, Thanks for the quick reply. I am going to get my hands on > another NIC and a crossover cable and will give this a try. > :) You'll be surfin in style! -- Mon Dec 16 06:30:00 EST 2002 6:30am up 4 days, 22:52, 6 users, load average: 0.15,

Re: [newbie] looking for easy, cheap, way to share files,cable connection between two boxes

2002-12-15 Thread joe
Stephen, Thanks for the quick reply. I am going to get my hands on another NIC and a crossover cable and will give this a try. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

[newbie] looking for easy, cheap, way to share files,cable connection between two boxes

2002-12-14 Thread joe
I was thinking of either a plain old hub (don't have the money for a router), or another NIC. Next most important consideration is ease of use, for a newb like me. Will be using either mdk 7 or 8.2 on one box (old pentium) and 9.0/XP on the other. TIA for any suggestions, words of wisdom. Joe.