> I noticed that windows can setup networking > to a direct-connected ... device > (tested ... with network-drives, such as WD MyBook World) > with ... straight ... ethernet cable.
Hi, Could you make sure that you installed and ran Avahi? I think Avahi could enable this same easy, direct, connection with your WD MyBook World. I don't have a way to test it now, but I am interested to find out if you have luck with Avahi. WD MyBook World and Windows implemented zeroconfig networking (with address range: 169.254.x.x/255.255.0.0), which make the direct connection works. (I think not needing the cross cable is the Ethernet support/chipset thing, not software.) Without Avahi, it is possible that a Linux command such as this: # ifconfig address 169.254.1.23 eth0 could enable HTTP connection to WD MyBook World. Tips: These might work (and should work with Avahi running): $ ping mybookworld http://mybookworld/ (Zeroconfig hostname resolution.) Not sure what support should be added to NM here, but there might be work to do to add missing browsing support in toolkits/apps that can use devices services. Resources: Dr. Stuart Cheshire gives a Zeroconf talk to the Google engineers: http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-7398680103951126462 Zero Configuration Networking (Zeroconf) IETF Working Group: http://www.zeroconf.org/ zcip: http://linux.kernel.org/mailman/listinfo/zcip = ZeroConfig IP package. Regards, -- Daniel Yek On Sat, 2011-10-08 at 21:18 +0700, Arief M Utama wrote: > Hi all, > > > I'm just wondering, and might as well send the message on the list, in > case someone has more ideas. > > On recent windows, with recent network cards, I noticed (on a couple > laptops) that windows can setup networking to a direct-connected to > another device (tested couple of times with network-drives, such as WD > MyBook World) with simple straight forward ethernet cable. No crossing > needed. > > I'm wondering if NM (or linux?) can support this as well? > > I'd appreciate any pointers on this issue. > > Thanks for your time :) > > > All the best. > -arief
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