>>>>> "Richard" == Richard Owlett <[email protected]> writes:
Richard> I have two laptops: 1. Lenovo T43 running WinXP Pro SP3 Richard> 2. Lenovo R61 running Debian Jessie (8.0.0) One thing is not clear, is this one-off copies or ongoing file sharing between the two machines? Richard> I have tired of swapping information via flash drive. I would Richard> prefer to avoid WiFi from a security point of view. (Who? Moi? Richard> *PAIRANOID* ;) Use scp or rsync and you don't need to worry so much. Richard> Would it be as simple as obtaining a short piece of Ethernet Richard> cable? Yes, or you could buy a cheap wireless access point, like, for example: D-Link DIR-860L. Richard> What should I be reading? The main advantage of a router is that you get a DHCP server (so you don't need to manually set up IP addresses) and can expand the network beyond two devices. Ethernet cables only has two ends. -- Russell Senior, President [email protected] _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
