using zeroconf/avahi/whatever to attach computers

[Matt Price]

thanks for htis,
On Fri, 2007-09-28 at 22:52 -0400, Michael R. Head wrote:
> On Fri, 2007-09-28 at 12:45 -0700, Matt Price wrote:

> > What I want is one ofhte following:
> > 
> > 1) cat a cat5 cable, plug it into the ethernet jack on one computer,
> > plug the other end into the other computer, and have the two computers
> > instantlyrecognize each other and allow or negotiate some kind of file
> > sharing.
> 
> This may work, but you'll definitely need a crossover cable (a regular
> CAT5 patch cable won't cut it) or a hub between the two.
> 
ok, i think i have a crossover cable somewhere (someone told me a while
ago that the need for crossover cables was a thing of hte past, but i'm
not particularly bothered).  if i let network-manager manage the eth0
connection, should that work?  or will i have to set up some kind of
dhcp thing (never waas very good atthat)

> > 2) do something similar wirelessly -- that is, make a tiny ad hoc
> > network
> 
> This should be possible, but it'll be slow (vs. wired ethernet)
> 
sure.

> > 3) failing those, connet both laptops through the wireless router in my
> > home network, have the computers reognize and navigate to each other,
> > and allow sharing to go on that way.
> 
> This should work, too.
> 
> > if those fail, i can just figure out the ip addresses and ssh in, i
> > guess, but i'd like to do it more elegantly if poss.  thanks,
> 
> I routinely access the machines on my network using nautilus, nfs, and
> ssh whenever I like, but I don't bother using auto-IPs, I just let
> avahi/mdns work using my DHCP-acquired addresses. 
> 
is there a trick to doing that, or is it totally obvious?  that'd be
great for me.  

> It works fine as long as the machines are on the same network segment
> (or you set up something to forward multicast packets between segments).
> 

i can get them on the same network, i think.

thanks,

matt

> > Matt
> > 
> > 
> > 
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Matt Price
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University of Toronto
matt.price at utoronto.ca
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