how do you network two Ubuntu computers with a crossover cable?

[Sean Hammond]

I can't try right now... but I don't know what I would ping anyway. Just the
host name of the machine, the name that appears after user@ in a terminal?
Or do I ping the IP address I have assigned the machine in
System-Administration-Networking?

On 12/6/05, Steve Vandegaer <steve.vandegaer at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Could you do a ping from 1 machine to the other?
>
> On 12/6/05, Sean Hammond <sean.hammond at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Situation:
> >
> > I have two computers running Ubuntu Breezy, one a laptop and one a
> > desktop.
> >
> > I have physically connected the two computers via their network cards
> > using a crossover cable.
> >
> > Problem:
> >
> > How do I get these computers to 'see' eachother, so that I can transfer
> > files? There seems to be no obvious way that works. The computers do not see
> > eachother via the Places->Network Servers window and it's not clear how to
> > use Places->Connect to Server to connect from one to the other. I attempted
> > to setup sharing with both NFS and SAMBA using System-Administration->Shared
> > Folders and by following the Samba instructions in the starters guide. I
> > also tried to activate the network interfaces using
> > System-Administration->Networking, and tried giving each machine an IP
> > address to use. All I could get was a dialog asking me for a password to
> > connect to MSHOME when I tried to open Places-Network Servers. This seems to
> > suggest that I had managed to create a network, but I never specified any
> > password.
> >
> > I just don't know what I'm supposed to do.
> >
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