Transferring Files to New Ubuntu System

[Hakan Koseoglu]

Hi Karl,

On Sat, Nov 29, 2008 at 6:25 PM, Karl Larsen <klarsen1 at gmail.com> wrote:
> Anthony M. Rasat wrote:
>    Since he is using a cross-over cable, I do not think he can ping the
> other computer. In fact a cross-over cable went out with the serial
> cable a few years ago. What am I missing?
Cross-over cable should not stop anything and still quite common. :)
You can ping the other machine with cross-over cable. Just making sure
both sides are on the same network subset is enough. Usually the link
is best used with half duplex since there won't be much of a collision
control but it is still possible and feasible.
It is way easier to use a little switch and two cables since they will
not cause "cable not connected" type issues.

Assuming that the network cards are not causing any issues:

computer one: ifconfig eth0 192.168.1.1
computer two: ifconfig eth0 192.168.1.2

and that should be more than enough in most cases.

The main trouble he will have is the lack of the dhcp server. :) but
the lines above should overcome that.

This is assuming Ubuntu doesn't have auto-discovery network thingie
enabled. I haven't tried that for a long time. I prefer to stick to
stuff I know it works. :)

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