You can get a dedicated rj45 lead, with a cross-over between two particular wires; but you can plug computers back-to-back if you fiddle with the right settings on each pc. You have to enable a server mode and allowed protocols; not done for too long, so can't be more specific.
But between PC's, what's wrong with a good old fashioned pen drive, memory stick, or whatever else they're called now. Rh. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Christopher Hallsworth" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, August 30, 2014 12:09 PM Subject: Re: Never Underestimate the Power of Ethernet Cool! I wonder if ethernet would work for the scenario where one needs to share files between mac and PC using a PC laptop or desktop and not say via Bootcamp or Fusion on the Mac. Over wifi it seems unreliable to say the least. Christopher Hallsworth Student at the Hadley School for the Blind www.hadley.edu On 30/08/2014 08:52, M. Taylor wrote: > Hello Everyone, > > As technology progresses, we sometimes forget that old and boring > technology > that got us to where we are today. > > With that in mind, I want to share with you that with regards to > manipulating data on my home network, I pretty much stick to WiFi. > > However, Today I needed to copy an enormous amount of data from a NAS > drive > to one of my computers. Slowly but surely I am removing all data from NAS > for reasons described in prior threads. > > So, as I began the copy process, I was told that it would take about 6 > hours. > > Then, I remembered that along with my new Mac, I purchased a Thunderbolt > to > Ethernet adaptor. > > Using a wired connection, the same amount of data was transferred in less > than 35 minutes. > > So, no matter how much progress we make, let's remember and revere the > old-school style that came before as, in some cases, it's still going > strong. > > Happily, > > Mark > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
