all you need to do is set an IP address on each system. use your google-fu to find out how to do this in the OS running on each of those systems. for example:
https://www.google.com/#safe=off&q=how+to+set+an+ip+address+on+windows+xp https://www.google.com/#safe=off&q=how+to+set+an+ip+address+on+debian the IP addresses should not be the same on both systems, but they should have the same first 3 sets of numbers. for example: 192.168.1.2 192.168.1.3 -wes On Sat, Jan 14, 2017 at 6:53 AM, Richard Owlett <[email protected]> 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 > [email protected] > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
