On 22/04/2021 17:29, Grant Edwards wrote:
The easiest solution would be to connect both machines with an ethernet cable and run samba on Linux. The interfaces will be configured with a link-local address¹ automatically.
Doesn't have to. In the past it would have used NetBEUI, but that's probably bit-rotted ...That won't use IP?
There's probably others - IP isn't the only game in town, it's just the usual suspect ... :-)
Cheers, Wol

