On Fri 19 Aug 2016 at 12:32:54 -0500, Richard Owlett wrote: > On 8/19/2016 9:56 AM, Lisi Reisz wrote: > >On Friday 19 August 2016 14:59:12 Richard Owlett wrote: > >>On 8/19/2016 8:51 AM, Brian wrote: > >>>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. > >> > >>As I replied to Thomas a few minutes ago: > >>The exhaustive all inclusive description of *MY* network is "A > >>Lenovo T43 running WinXP Pro SP3 connected by a short Ethernet > >>cable to a Lenovo R61 running experimental configurations of > >>Debian Jessie (Mate desktop)." > > > >You asked for advice, but seem only interested in informing. If you already > >know everything there is to know about YOUR network, why are you asking us > >anything?? > > I was emphasizing the topology. As stated previously the physical layer > works. I expect that after reading _Networking for Dummies_ I'll be a lot > closer to having machines communicate.
What does "physical layer works" mean? (That's a real question, not a come on). Lights appear? BTW, you seem singularly disinterested in any alternatives to your programmed set of thought. Not that your idea is bad but it can be realised in other ways and acknowledging them (which you implicitly have) is all to the good. Stick with your short ethernet cable; it's as good a method for file transfer as any other. Somebody said that education amd retirement go together. Make the most of it. > > > > >And what *precisely* do you mean by an Ethernet cable?? > > 3ft Cat6 with attached connectors. > > > > > >Lisi > > > > >
