Cheryl, The simplest way to do what you want, in my opinion, would be to use a small 4 port hub or better yet a small linksys 4 port firewall hub. With this solution, you could communicate between the 2 computers, as well as use both computers on the internet. Another benefit to this solution, is that you don't necessarily need to have both computers in the same room. You could have 1 at your desk, perhaps beside the existing pc, 1 in the kitchen, perfect for looking up your favorite recipes on the internet, and one in another location through the house. Far more flexible then just using a cross over cable to connect 2 computers together. Steve Dawes PH: (403) 268-5527. Mailto: sdawes at gov.calgary.ab.ca > -----Original Message----- > From: Cheryl Homiak [mailto:chomiak at chartermi.net] > Sent: 2002 August 15 6:56 PM > To: speakup > Subject: Re: connecting laptop to desktop: was: always some kind of > glitch > > > Thanks, Janina and buddy and all. > question: in order to connect my laptop to my desktop to > transfer files, etc., > will I need to put a second ethernet card in my desktop? Of > course, I realize > that once i have linux up and running on the laptop I can > also use ssh and scp > if my laptop is itself somewhere connected to the internet > separately from the > desktop. But I suppose there may be times when I want to > connect the two > together. > > Thanks. > > Cheryl > Cheryl > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup >
