On Fri 19 Aug 2016 at 07:41:56 -0500, Richard Owlett wrote: > On 8/18/2016 9:04 AM, Brian wrote: > >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. > >>>>[snip] > >>> > >>>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. > > As I had said in last paragraph of > https://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2016/08/msg00609.html : > "Why would I be interested in ssh as both machines are sitting on my desk > and _neither_ will be connected to the internet when ethernet connection is > live?"
The technique I outlined is exactly that; no more and no less. Neither machine would be connected to the internet; they would communicate only with each other. It would be an interesting project to undertake as part of the Education in Retirement program; especially if it was done wirelessly, with or without the router being involved.
