Re: Directly connecting two computers

2014-04-28 Thread Martin
On Sun, Apr 27, 2014 at 03:53:38PM +0200, Pascal Hambourg wrote: > >> On one computer I have this entry in /etc/network/interfaces > >> auto eth0 > >> iface eth0 inet static > >> address 192.168.231.3 > >> pointopoint 192.168.231.2 > >> netmask 255.255.255.255 > First, did you check th

Re: Directly connecting two computers

2014-04-27 Thread Pascal Hambourg
Hello, David Goodenough a écrit : > On Saturday 26 April 2014 19:36:31 Martin wrote: >> >> I have two computer that I want to connect directly, similarly as I did >> long time ago with Null-Modem cable ( or LapLink cable). >> >> I have obtained a crossover ethernet cable that I plug in network car

Re: Directly connecting two computers

2014-04-27 Thread David Goodenough
On Sunday 27 April 2014 06:56:47 Richard Hector wrote: > On 27/04/14 05:36, Martin wrote: > > Hello, > > > > I have two computer that I want to connect directly, similarly as I did > > long time ago with Null-Modem cable ( or LapLink cable). > > > > I have obtained a crossover ethernet cable that

Re: Directly connecting two computers

2014-04-27 Thread David Goodenough
On Sunday 27 April 2014 08:41:47 Alex Mestiashvili wrote: > On 04/26/2014 08:56 PM, Richard Hector wrote: > > On 27/04/14 05:36, Martin wrote: > >> Hello, > >> > >> I have two computer that I want to connect directly, similarly as I did > >> long time ago with Null-Modem cable ( or LapLink cable).

Re: Directly connecting two computers

2014-04-27 Thread David Goodenough
On Saturday 26 April 2014 19:36:31 Martin wrote: > Hello, > > I have two computer that I want to connect directly, similarly as I did > long time ago with Null-Modem cable ( or LapLink cable). > > I have obtained a crossover ethernet cable that I plug in network card > of each computer. Now the p

Re: Directly connecting two computers

2014-04-27 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Du, 27 apr 14, 13:15:15, Andrew McGlashan wrote: > Most Ethernet network cards these days can do auto detection ... you can > use a standard network cable instead of needing a cross over cable. I > could be wrong, it might be just switches that auto detect. This seems to imply that all Gigabit

Re: Directly connecting two computers

2014-04-26 Thread Alex Mestiashvili
On 04/26/2014 08:56 PM, Richard Hector wrote: On 27/04/14 05:36, Martin wrote: Hello, I have two computer that I want to connect directly, similarly as I did long time ago with Null-Modem cable ( or LapLink cable). I have obtained a crossover ethernet cable that I plug in network card of each

Re: Directly connecting two computers

2014-04-26 Thread Andrew McGlashan
Most Ethernet network cards these days can do auto detection ... you can use a standard network cable instead of needing a cross over cable. I could be wrong, it might be just switches that auto detect. Once connected, you just need to make sure that each end is on the same network (ifconfig

Re: Directly connecting two computers

2014-04-26 Thread Richard Hector
On 27/04/14 05:36, Martin wrote: > Hello, > > I have two computer that I want to connect directly, similarly as I did > long time ago with Null-Modem cable ( or LapLink cable). > > I have obtained a crossover ethernet cable that I plug in network card > of each computer. Now the problem is how t