On Fri, Apr 13, 2012 at 9:48 AM, Ramnarayan.K <ramnaraya...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi > > Needed to know what would be the best method to connect two laptops, both > using ubuntu using an ethernet cable, to transfer data directtly. There is > not option to connect onto an existing network.
Connect both directly. Give IP address 192.168.1.1 to first, 192.168.1.2 and gateway 192.168.1.1 to another. > Many years back a friend had connected his laptop to mine , i think using > ssh . ssh is a good idea. If you want to do it graphically, nautilus supports ssh and sftp. > ** > Also it seems that a cross over cable is not essential as the "newer" > ethernet cards are able to deduce and switch to the correct mode > automagically. So is this correct. Yes. You shouldn't likely need crossover cable anymore. -- ubuntu-in mailing list ubuntu-in@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-in
