Path: csiph.com!x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net!newsfeed.hal-mli.net!feeder1.hal-mli.net!border3.nntp.dca.giganews.com!Xl.tags.giganews.com!border1.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!local2.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.posted.localnet!news.posted.localnet.POSTED!not-for-mail NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 06 Jun 2011 06:07:49 -0500 From: Robert Heller Organization: Deepwoods Software X-Newsreader: TkNews 2.0 Subject: Re: HOW2 connect to a Win-box? In-Reply-To: References: Newsgroups: alt.os.linux.debia,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.hardware Originator: heller@sharky.deepsoft.com Message-ID: <2KWdnbteDaWYKHHQnZ2dnUVZ_sadnZ2d@posted.localnet> Date: Mon, 06 Jun 2011 06:07:49 -0500 Lines: 44 X-Usenet-Provider: http://www.giganews.com NNTP-Posting-Host: 72.249.45.104 X-Trace: sv3-GUYUMOTRbu5UKR7Ljrew1jUMIakCKcbkgzxOjfADvRyLcM3qAnUdXgHIBGsN1NkoS4SPh/TTwC5/Or3!EyZv611Bomtn2PpV1ePc+CqMYGMiyzzjKADLJTfbqvgvJRktZCO165SB2DfrFwbyQBqDsfGpbEYA!yBNywQFW70Ixkt9l25P2jIf1Kiw86Ebrwg== X-Complaints-To: abuse@localnet.com X-DMCA-Complaints-To: abuse@localnet.com X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Please be sure to forward a copy of ALL headers X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Otherwise we will be unable to process your complaint properly X-Postfilter: 1.3.40 X-Original-Bytes: 2821 Xref: x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net comp.os.linux.misc:1343 comp.os.linux.hardware:416 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...) > Thanks for any advice. > > -- Robert Heller -- 978-544-6933 / heller@deepsoft.com Deepwoods Software -- http://www.deepsoft.com/ () ascii ribbon campaign -- against html e-mail /\ www.asciiribbon.org -- against proprietary attachments