Re: HOW2 connect to a Win-box?

From	General Schvantzkoph <schvantzkoph@yahoo.com>
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 17:39 +0000
Message-ID	<954hneF5roU1@mid.individual.net> (permalink)
References	<ishejp$m3m$1@dont-email.me>

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On Mon, 06 Jun 2011 02:38:50 +0000, no.top.post 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?
> 
> 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.

Your Linux box must have an Ethernet connection, nobody has built a PC 
without Ethernet since the mid-90s.

How are you connected to the Internet? Unless you are using dial-up you 
have either an Ethernet connection or a WiFI connection to a router or to 
a Cable or DSL modem (FIOS uses an integrated Modem+Router). Routers all 
have Ethernet switches built in. WiFI routers also have a WiFI connection. 
As long as both machines are connected to the Router either through 
Ethernet or WiFI then you can share directories. Just use SAMBA to export 
the directories that you want the Win7 box to see. The Linux box can see 
the Shared Folders from the Win box also.

Forget about using USB to connect to machines, that makes no sense (except 
for USB WiFI dongles). All you have to do for Ethernet is plug the cables 
in, for WiFI all you have to do is select the Network using Network 
Manager and give it the password for your WiFI network.

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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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