[ubuntu-in] Connecting two Ubuntu laptops to transfer data

[Raseel Bhagat]

On 13-Apr-2012, at 6:55 PM, Mehul Ved <mehul.n.ved at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Fri, Apr 13, 2012 at 9:48 AM, Ramnarayan.K <ramnarayan.k at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Hi
>> 
>> Needed to know what would be the best method to connect two laptops, both
>> using ubuntu using an ethernet cable, to transfer data directtly. There is
>> not option to connect onto an existing network.
> 
> Connect both directly. Give IP address 192.168.1.1 to first,
> 192.168.1.2 and gateway 192.168.1.1 to another.
> 
>> Many years back a friend had connected his laptop to mine , i think using
>> ssh .
> 
> ssh is a good idea. If you want to do it graphically, nautilus
> supports ssh and sftp.
>> **
>> Also it seems that a cross over cable is not essential as the "newer"
>> ethernet cards are able to deduce and switch to the correct mode
>> automagically. So is this correct.
> 
> Yes. You shouldn't likely need crossover cable anymore.
> 
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I hope by ssh you mean scp.
Adding to Mehul's solution: 
From 192.168.1.1,
$ scp <source file >  user at 192.168.1.2:<destination path>

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