Re: home LAN ~ MAC <> PC

From	nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid>
Newsgroups	comp.sys.mac.system
Subject	Re: home LAN ~ MAC <> PC
Date	2011-04-06 19:56 -0500
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In article <slrnippiid.584.g.kreme@ibook-g4.local>, Lewis
<g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> wrote:

> > someone on the 'net had suggested joining the 2 computers with a single 
> > ethernet cable.
> > i mean, hey, even thru a router (even with 2 PC's) this "ethernet" system
> > is horribly complex - unless you happen to have a degree in networky stuff. 
> 
> Um, no. You don't need a router. 

although you don't 'need' a router, it definitely helps. 

> Plug the cable in to both machines and the Mac figures it out.

which machine is the dhcp server? you've obviously never actually tried
this. without a router, you need to manually configure tcp/ip, unless
you turn on internet sharing which enables a dhcp server, but even that
doesn't work that well. 

> > I'm fairly smart in computerland compared to most "averge joe's", but it 
> > warps my brain trying to get one friggin windows box to "see" another.  i 
> 
> Well, Windows is kind of intentionally stupid with this.

not really, although it could be a little easier.

> > mean, passwords, workgroups, firewalls, router config's, ip-conf's, 
> > macaddresses, netbuei & tcpip, dns and blah, blah blah.   i mean, hey, 
> 
> None of that is relevant to directly connecting two machine.

tcp/ip is not relevant? passwords aren't relevant?

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home LAN ~ MAC <> PC "Dusty" <Dusty@Springfield.com> - 2011-04-04 16:40 -0700
  Re: home LAN ~ MAC <> PC nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2011-04-04 19:47 -0500
    Re: home LAN ~ MAC <> PC "Dusty" <Dusty@Springfield.com> - 2011-04-04 17:18 -0700
      Re: home LAN ~ MAC <> PC dempson@actrix.gen.nz (David Empson) - 2011-04-05 12:41 +1200
      Re: home LAN ~ MAC <> PC Wes Groleau <Groleau+news@FreeShell.org> - 2011-04-04 23:42 -0400
      Re: home LAN ~ MAC <> PC Suze <replytome@thenewsgroup.com> - 2011-04-05 06:51 -0500
  Re: home LAN ~ MAC <> PC johnny bobby bee <stepore-no_spam_eh@gmail.com> - 2011-04-04 21:54 -0400
    Re: home LAN ~ MAC <> PC "Dusty" <Dusty@Springfield.com> - 2011-04-04 23:10 -0700
      Re: home LAN ~ MAC <> PC Alan Baker <alangbaker@telus.net> - 2011-04-06 10:25 -0700
      Re: home LAN ~ MAC <> PC Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2011-04-06 20:17 +0000
        Re: home LAN ~ MAC <> PC Wes Groleau <Groleau+news@FreeShell.org> - 2011-04-06 22:07 -0400
          Re: home LAN ~ MAC <> PC Michelle Steiner <michelle@michelle.org> - 2011-04-06 19:13 -0700
          Re: home LAN ~ MAC <> PC Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2011-04-07 03:10 +0000
          Re: home LAN ~ MAC <> PC Greg Buchner <null@none.invalid> - 2011-04-06 22:58 -0500
          Re: home LAN ~ MAC <> PC dempson@actrix.gen.nz (David Empson) - 2011-04-07 16:44 +1200
            Re: home LAN ~ MAC <> PC Paul Sture <paul.nospam@sture.ch> - 2011-04-10 16:29 +0200
        Re: home LAN ~ MAC <> PC nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2011-04-06 19:56 -0500
          Re: home LAN ~ MAC <> PC Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2011-04-07 03:09 +0000
            Re: home LAN ~ MAC <> PC nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2011-04-06 20:55 -0500
              Re: home LAN ~ MAC <> PC dempson@actrix.gen.nz (David Empson) - 2011-04-07 16:44 +1200
                Re: home LAN ~ MAC <> PC nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2011-04-07 08:37 -0500
                Re: home LAN ~ MAC <> PC dempson@actrix.gen.nz (David Empson) - 2011-04-08 12:04 +1200
                Re: home LAN ~ MAC <> PC Wes Groleau <Groleau+news@FreeShell.org> - 2011-04-08 00:19 -0400
                Re: home LAN ~ MAC <> PC Wes Groleau <Groleau+news@FreeShell.org> - 2011-04-08 00:18 -0400
                Re: home LAN ~ MAC <> PC dempson@actrix.gen.nz (David Empson) - 2011-04-08 18:36 +1200
                Re: home LAN ~ MAC <> PC Paul Sture <paul.nospam@sture.ch> - 2011-04-10 16:20 +0200
                Re: home LAN ~ MAC <> PC Paul Sture <paul.nospam@sture.ch> - 2011-04-10 15:53 +0200
            Re: home LAN ~ MAC <> PC Paul Sture <paul.nospam@sture.ch> - 2011-04-10 15:47 +0200
      Re: home LAN ~ MAC <> PC Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2011-04-06 19:12 -0500
        Re: home LAN ~ MAC <> PC "Dusty" <Dusty@Springfield.com> - 2011-04-07 00:32 -0700
          Re: home LAN ~ MAC <> PC Wes Groleau <Groleau+news@FreeShell.org> - 2011-04-08 00:22 -0400
          Re: home LAN ~ MAC <> PC Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2011-04-08 08:44 +0000
          Re: home LAN ~ MAC <> PC russotto@grace.speakeasy.net (Matthew Russotto) - 2011-04-09 21:04 +0000
  Re: home LAN ~ MAC <> PC Wes Groleau <Groleau+news@FreeShell.org> - 2011-04-04 23:36 -0400

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