Nothing really. It was just an idea to share files across the local
network over wifi.
Christopher Hallsworth
Student at the Hadley School for the Blind
www.hadley.edu
On 30/08/2014 14:55, BobH. wrote:
You can get a dedicated rj45 lead, with a cross-over between two particular
wires; but you can plug computers back-to-back if you fiddle with the right
settings on each pc. You have to enable a server mode and allowed protocols;
not done for too long, so can't be more specific.
But between PC's, what's wrong with a good old fashioned pen drive, memory
stick, or whatever else they're called now.
Rh.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Christopher Hallsworth" <challswor...@icloud.com>
To: <macvisionaries@googlegroups.com>
Sent: Saturday, August 30, 2014 12:09 PM
Subject: Re: Never Underestimate the Power of Ethernet
Cool! I wonder if ethernet would work for the scenario where one needs
to share files between mac and PC using a PC laptop or desktop and not
say via Bootcamp or Fusion on the Mac. Over wifi it seems unreliable to
say the least.
Christopher Hallsworth
Student at the Hadley School for the Blind
www.hadley.edu
On 30/08/2014 08:52, M. Taylor wrote:
Hello Everyone,
As technology progresses, we sometimes forget that old and boring
technology
that got us to where we are today.
With that in mind, I want to share with you that with regards to
manipulating data on my home network, I pretty much stick to WiFi.
However, Today I needed to copy an enormous amount of data from a NAS
drive
to one of my computers. Slowly but surely I am removing all data from NAS
for reasons described in prior threads.
So, as I began the copy process, I was told that it would take about 6
hours.
Then, I remembered that along with my new Mac, I purchased a Thunderbolt
to
Ethernet adaptor.
Using a wired connection, the same amount of data was transferred in less
than 35 minutes.
So, no matter how much progress we make, let's remember and revere the
old-school style that came before as, in some cases, it's still going
strong.
Happily,
Mark
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