Not a second nic, just a port, so probably a hub, if you don't already have a RJ-45 hub. On Thu, 15 Aug 2002, Cheryl Homiak wrote: > 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 > -- Janina Sajka, Director Technology Research and Development Governmental Relations Group American Foundation for the Blind (AFB) Email: janina at afb.net Phone: (202) 408-8175 Chair, Accessibility SIG Open Electronic Book Forum (OEBF) http://www.openebook.org