On 13-Apr-2012, at 6:55 PM, Mehul Ved <mehul.n....@gmail.com> wrote:
> 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 I hope by ssh you mean scp. Adding to Mehul's solution: >From 192.168.1.1, $ scp <source file > user@192.168.1.2:<destination path> -- Raseel -- ubuntu-in mailing list ubuntu-in@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-in
