On Wednesday 17 August 2016 21:48:20 Richard Owlett wrote: > On 8/17/2016 10:05 AM, der.hans wrote: > > Am 16. Aug, 2016 schwätzte Richard Owlett so: > > > > moin moin Richard, > > > > look at zeroconf. Both machines can independently setup > > networking to talk > > to each other. > > The web hits I got for zeroconf indicated it's part of a support > package for KDE, I'm using Mate. Don't know if that's a problem. > http://manpages.debian.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi is still giving a 404 > error so I can't check there. Didn't find any link at kde.org > that looked promising.
Try one of these: http://mate-desktop.com/community/ They are a helpful enthusiastic lot. Lisi > > > I believe zeroconf came up somehow recently on a new box until I > > fixed the > > network cable, so it's likely an option during install. > > > > ciao, > > > > der.hans > > > >> I wish to connect two laptops via Ethernet. > >> > >> The Debian machine is having various configurations of Jessie > >> installed. Consider it a laboratory experiment. It can have > >> multiple installs in a day. It intentionally has *NO* internet > >> connectivity. It has a small partition set aside for > >> preseed.cfg and miscellaneous scripts. > >> > >> The second machine is running WinXP Pro SP3 and serves as > >> source of preseed and script files. > >> > >> My internet searches turn up too much outdated information > >> and/or fine detail. Most link assume a server with multiple > >> clients. Better description would be a peer to peer setup. It > >> may be convenient to have the Windows machine act as a terminal > >> for the Debian machine. > >> > >> Suggested search terms or links. > >> Thank you.
