On Sat, 14 Jan 2017, Michael Barnes wrote: > 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.
Just to confuse Richard more, he can copy files from one system to a USB flash drive or esternal hard drive, then copy from that external medium to the second system. The modern sneaker net. Guaranteed to work. :-) Rich _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
