Re: [gentoo-user] small network

[Jose Gonzalez Gomez]

Jean,     Remember that you HAVE to use a crossover cable, as someone mentioned previuosly. If you make a direct connection from network card to network card without a hub, a normal network cable won't do the trick.     Regards     Jose Jean Magnan de Bornier wrote: Le 09/17/03 Jayson Garrell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> a écrit notamment: On Tue, 2003-09-16 at 15:12, Phil Jackson wrote: * Jean Magnan de Bornier ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: Hello all, Hello Jean, I want to make a network with two gentoo machines at home, I don't know what is needed.Could someone point me to some HOWTO? As the first person that replied to this message stated it really depends on what you want to do; A cheap and easy solution might just be two Nics with 10BaseT connecability some 10BaseT cable and a simple hub. If there is only ever going to be two boxes on the lan anything more might be overkill. Phil Or forget the overhead of the hub and use a crossover cable. Jayson Garrell OK I will be more specific: I just want to transfer files from my pc to my laptop, or make backups of one on the other. I have tried to do that with a cable (rj45 as it's called in France) connecting them, but then I could figure out what to do. There is some utility in KDE but I could not make it work This is why I believe I need a howto; I am currently reading the NET-HOWTO but any other advice will be welcome Thx all,