HOW2 connect to a Win-box?

From	no.top.post@gmail.com
Newsgroups	alt.os.linux.debia, comp.os.linux.misc, comp.os.linux.hardware
Subject	HOW2 connect to a Win-box?
Date	2011-06-06 02:38 +0000
Organization	A noiseless patient Spider
Message-ID	<ishejp$m3m$1@dont-email.me> (permalink)

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I had to buy a Win7 netbook to connect via a radio-modem.
So far I've been moving the files between the WinBox 
& Linux-PC via a USBstik, which is getting tedious.

The Win-box has only got USB sockets and a 8-pin socket
which is apparently an ethernet connector.
Somebody said I should buy a network card for the linux-PC
and use that. But, I've never done 'networking'/LAN.
And it seems over-kill for just connecting 2 end-points.
The routing etc, could open a can-O-worms?

USB seems simpler. But I'm told that the fact that USB supplies
'power' means DANGER, and a USB-cable with 'male/plugs'
at each end doesn't mean it's a cross-over like the LAN short
cable that I've got, and can see is a cross-over, because I can
see the wire colours.

Thanks for any advice.

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HOW2 connect to a Win-box? no.top.post@gmail.com - 2011-06-06 02:38 +0000
  Re: HOW2 connect to a Win-box? Todd <Todd@invalid.com> - 2011-06-05 21:48 -0700
    Re: HOW2 connect to a Win-box? Todd <Todd@invalid.com> - 2011-06-05 21:49 -0700
  Re: HOW2 connect to a Win-box? Robert Heller <heller@deepsoft.com> - 2011-06-06 06:07 -0500
    Re: HOW2 connect to a Win-box? ebenZEROONE@verizon.net (Hactar) - 2011-06-06 12:38 -0400
  Re: HOW2 connect to a Win-box? The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2011-06-06 12:23 +0100
  Re: HOW2 connect to a Win-box? General Schvantzkoph <schvantzkoph@yahoo.com> - 2011-06-06 17:39 +0000

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