What you want is known as a crossover cable. Technically, it is an ethernet cable wired as T568A on one end and T568B on the other. Most anyplace that carries computer stuff should have one. (Not counting Walmart, Fred Meyer, etc.) If you have the ability/desire to make your own, a Google search for "crossover cable" will yield a plethora of diagrams and instructions. You will need to configure your devices for static IP addresses in the same subnet, i.e. 192.168.1.1 and 192.168.1.2. You will then need appropriate file sharing configurations that will work cross platform.
HTH, Michael On Jan 14, 2017 06:56, "Richard Owlett" <rowl...@cloud85.net> wrote: > I suspect what I'm looking for is ONE 3 ft piece of terminated > Cat6 cable ;) > I have two laptops - one (a Lenovo T43) speaks only WinXP Pro, > the other (a Lenovo T430) only Debian Jessie. > Sometime back I attempted to have them communicate via ethernet - > hence the availability of the Cat6 cable. As far as I got was > both sides recognized that electrically the other existed. > My LAN knowledge is ~= "null set". > My non-productive web search turned up only references that > PRESUMED the goal was connecting a multiplicity of devices. I > could not sift the wheat from the chaff. > At power on the WinXP reports as a unconnected ethernet Host. > If it wants to be top dog, so be it. > My goal is to transfer some large data files from the WinXP box > to the Debian box. > Can someone point me to appropriate educational material that is > focused on connecting EXACTLY two computers by exactly one piece > of cable. > There shall be ABSOLUTELY no mention of hubs, routers, switches, etc. > Gee, any hint I'm frustrated ;/ > TIA > > > _______________________________________________ > PLUG mailing list > PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
