Laptop to PC connection via NIC cards, HOW?

[Gerald A Feldman]

I just did that the other day. I connected my Linux laptop to an
associate's laptop. He was unable to read his own CD ROMs, but I read them
fine. I did not set up SAMBA since this was a one time shot. Here's what I
did:
1. Windows2000: Assign IP address and gateway. (Reboot).
2. Linux: Assign IP address and gateway. On SuSE, I can do this through
YaST. On Red Hat use Linuxconf. No reboot is necessary, but you do need to
restart the network. (On SuSE, YaST does this,, not sure if Linuxconf (or
netconf) actually does this or if you need to do this manually).
3. On the Linux system enable the ftp service through /etc/inetd.conf. 
4. Both systems run ping to make sure they can see eachother.
5. Windows2000: Run your favorite ftp program. 
After you finish, make sure you restore both systems to their original
settings. Remember that if you have a cable modem or DSL that ftp is wide
open to attack. 

On a more longterm type of thing set up SAMBA on your Linux box so you can
import and export Windows shares, but that is a bit more involved. 

On Thu, 5 Jul 2001, John J. Cruz wrote:

> Linux (rh6.2) and win95 coexist in the same PC box but on separate hard
> drives.  I connected the work laptop (running windows 2000 professional)
> to the PC via their NIC cards and a crossover cable.  Win95 sees the PC
> NIC card (Linksys LNE 100Tx) but Linux does not (set at eth0).  This is
> how far I've gotten.  I have not been able to transfer any files between
> the OS environments for lack of information and experience.
> 
> My goal is to transfer files from the work laptop into the Linux
> environment.  Can someone point me in the right direction:
> installing/configuring the NIC card with Linux correctly and setting up
> Linux properly for network operation.
> 
> Has anyone ever connected a win laptop to a Linux box via a NIC
> cards/crossover cable? Any experience to share?
> 
> Thanks
> jjc
> 
> 

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