On Thu 18 Aug 2016 at 08:58:23 -0500, Richard Owlett wrote: > On 8/17/2016 8:07 PM, David Christensen wrote: > >On 08/17/2016 07:45 AM, Richard Owlett wrote: > >>I wish to connect two laptops via Ethernet. > >> > >>The Debian machine is having various configurations of Jessie installed. > >>Consider it a laboratory experiment. It can have multiple installs in a > >>day. It intentionally has *NO* internet connectivity. It has a small > >>partition set aside for preseed.cfg and miscellaneous scripts. > >> > >>The second machine is running WinXP Pro SP3 and serves as source of > >>preseed and script files. > >> > >>My internet searches turn up too much outdated information and/or fine > >>detail. Most link assume a server with multiple clients. Better > >>description would be a peer to peer setup. It may be convenient to have > >>the Windows machine act as a terminal for the Debian machine. > > > >It would help if you provided more information about your network and > >computers: > > > >1. Laptop make, model, and version, CPU make and model, RAM size, > >HDD/SSD size, and Ethernet speed of Windows laptop. > > > >2. Experimental laptop and key parameters (as above). > > > >3. Internet modem or gateway. > > > >4. Router and/or routing software. > > > >5. Any other devices we should know about. > > > >6. Distances between devices. > > > > > > 1. ThinkPad T43 [https://support.lenovo.com/us/en/documents/pd012235] > 2. ThinkPad R61 [https://support.lenovo.com/us/en/documents/pd013965] > 3. N/A
You presumably have a modem/router already. The Debian machine doesn't have to use it as gateway to the internet. Set up routing for it to send packets to the local network only.
