Quoting fooler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > I always have a cross-over cable in my bag, so that I can > > connect the laptop to our big lan at work, or our small lan > > at home. > be forewarned that using always cross-over cable connecting from your > nic to
I'm sorry. I did not specify exactly how I connect. 1. If I need to download data from my desktop machine (connected to our lan at work), to my laptop, I have a spare straight-through utp cable with which I connect my laptop to our hub. Using this connection, I ftp or wget the files I need from my desktop to my laptop. 2. When I reach home, where I do not have a hub, I disconnect one machine from my home lan, and use the cross-over cable to connect the desktop to the laptop (the desktop has a combo card -- utp and bnc connectors are both available, the bnc to connect to the thin ethernet, the utp to connect to the laptop.) PMana _ Philippine Linux Users Group. Web site and archives at http://plug.linux.org.ph To leave: send "unsubscribe" in the body to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To subscribe to the Linux Newbies' List: send "subscribe" in the body to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
