Re: HOW2 connect to a Win-box?

From	ebenZEROONE@verizon.net (Hactar)
Newsgroups	alt.os.linux.debia, comp.os.linux.misc, comp.os.linux.hardware
Subject	Re: HOW2 connect to a Win-box?
Date	2011-06-06 12:38 -0400
Organization	A noiseless patient Spider
Message-ID	<udcvb8-m6g.ln1@pc.home> (permalink)
References	<ishejp$m3m$1@dont-email.me> <2KWdnbteDaWYKHHQnZ2dnUVZ_sadnZ2d@posted.localnet>

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In article <2KWdnbteDaWYKHHQnZ2dnUVZ_sadnZ2d@posted.localnet>,
Robert Heller  <heller@deepsoft.com> wrote:
> At Mon, 6 Jun 2011 02:38:50 +0000 (UTC) no.top.post@gmail.com wrote:
> 
> > 
> > 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?
> 
> Actually not...
> 
> > 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.
> 
> USB is NOT a network and is not really meant for peer-to-peer
> connections (computer to computer).
> 
> Networking is the *proper* way to do this.  (The only *other* way is
> with an RS232 serial cable (using a "null modem" cable, but RS232 serial
> ports are becoming rare on new PCs...)

Technically you could probably do it with two USB -> serial converters
and a null-modem cable, but that's silly.  I used to run PPP over a
null-modem cable between my Mac and my PC, back when neither one had a
network port.  I'd get about 10 KB/s.

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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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