<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD><TITLE>Message</TITLE> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.2873" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY> <DIV><SPAN class=195314517-17102006><FONT face=Tahoma size=2>I want to connect two computers together (one a newer windows machine and one a somewhat new machine with Ubunutu).</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=195314517-17102006><FONT face=Tahoma size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=195314517-17102006><FONT face=Tahoma size=2>I have a twisted pair connector made for me a long time ago and both machines have ethernet cards. </FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=195314517-17102006><FONT face=Tahoma size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=195314517-17102006><FONT face=Tahoma size=2>Is there any info on what I have to do next to connect the two (after plugging in the cables and turning the machines on :-)</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=195314517-17102006><FONT face=Tahoma size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=195314517-17102006><FONT face=Tahoma size=2>I'm guessing on the windows machine I'd got to network neighbor hood or something, </FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=195314517-17102006><FONT face=Tahoma size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=195314517-17102006><FONT face=Tahoma size=2>Also net working on the ubuntu machine, but I am assuming I would not need samba would I?</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=195314517-17102006><FONT face=Tahoma size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=195314517-17102006><FONT face=Tahoma size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=195314517-17102006><FONT face=Tahoma size=2>I did google search first but found mostly info on how to build the twisted pair.</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=195314517-17102006><FONT face=Tahoma size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=195314517-17102006><FONT face=Tahoma size=2>(example: <A href="http://www.mreriksson.net/miscdocs/tpcable/">http://www.mreriksson.net/miscdocs/tpcable/</A>)</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=195314517-17102006><FONT face=Tahoma size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=195314517-17102006><FONT face=Tahoma size=2>I'd have to set some sort of IP address?</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=195314517-17102006><FONT face=Tahoma size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=195314517-17102006><FONT face=Tahoma size=2>Pat.</FONT></SPAN></DIV></BODY></HTML>