Transferring Files to New Ubuntu System

[Anthony M. Rasat]

Karl Larsen 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?

I think you were confused with laplink cable. Crossover cable is UTP cable with different wiring compare to straight UTP cable (as matter of fact you just swap places of white-yellow, yellow wire with white-green, green wire to make a straight become crossover). 

Benefit of a crossover cable is you don't have to own a hub or switch to connect two hosts together. There is no special configuration or software to use it. Of course, all TCP/IP protocol works and without needing to find out that they are connecting through a crossover cable.

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