Path: csiph.com!x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net!usenet.pasdenom.info!gegeweb.org!de-l.enfer-du-nord.net!feeder2.enfer-du-nord.net!news.musoftware.de!wum.musoftware.de!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: General Schvantzkoph Newsgroups: alt.os.linux.debia,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.hardware Subject: Re: HOW2 connect to a Win-box? Date: 6 Jun 2011 17:39:58 GMT Lines: 35 Message-ID: <954hneF5roU1@mid.individual.net> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: individual.net 11AuqZVbrQG2LH2qvRb9qw72YmGArHpDOfwgNDhL9DO+lUOmbg Cancel-Lock: sha1:L1XpZMfjHoEcv8TQnjWJgcW8ncI= User-Agent: Pan/0.133 (House of Butterflies) Xref: x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net comp.os.linux.misc:1350 comp.os.linux.hardware:419 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.