Direct PC Connection
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==Ethernet to Ethernet== | ==Ethernet to Ethernet== | ||
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===Option1: crossover cable=== | ===Option1: crossover cable=== | ||
Your friend has a network card. Yay ! | Your friend has a network card. Yay ! | ||
Just connect using a crossover cable | Just connect using a crossover cable | ||
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| + | <add crossover how-to here> | ||
===Option2: crossover cable and usb network card=== | ===Option2: crossover cable and usb network card=== | ||
Your friend does not have a network card, but has usb ports. | Your friend does not have a network card, but has usb ports. | ||
No problem ! Buy a usb network adapter and connect on his/her PC. | No problem ! Buy a usb network adapter and connect on his/her PC. | ||
| + | An example is the Linksys USB200M 10/100 USB2.0 network adapter, fairly inexpensive. | ||
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| + | ===Option3: same as above but can't find a crossover cable=== | ||
| + | You can't find a crossover cable? no problem. Use normal cables, | ||
| + | but use a Ethernet hub or Ethernet switch or even a router to | ||
| + | connect the PC and the Linkstation together. | ||
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| - | ===Static IP setup=== | + | ===Likely required: Static IP setup on the Linkstation=== |
| - | as per lb_worm's suggestion, | + | as per lb_worm's suggestion, on your Linkstation, change those 2 files: |
1) set the /etc/network/interfaces to: | 1) set the /etc/network/interfaces to: | ||
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The -d option will generate some debug. | The -d option will generate some debug. | ||
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| + | ===Likely required: Static IP setup on the PC=== | ||
Revision as of 21:16, 16 December 2006
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Direct PC Connection
So you go to a friend's place and you'd like to share some files. How ?
USB bridge cable
Unknown. they seem to require both ends to use the same software, and generally runs on Windows-only machines. TBD.
Ethernet to Ethernet
Option1: crossover cable
Your friend has a network card. Yay ! Just connect using a crossover cable
<add crossover how-to here>
Option2: crossover cable and usb network card
Your friend does not have a network card, but has usb ports. No problem ! Buy a usb network adapter and connect on his/her PC. An example is the Linksys USB200M 10/100 USB2.0 network adapter, fairly inexpensive.
Option3: same as above but can't find a crossover cable
You can't find a crossover cable? no problem. Use normal cables, but use a Ethernet hub or Ethernet switch or even a router to connect the PC and the Linkstation together.
Likely required: Static IP setup on the Linkstation
as per lb_worm's suggestion, on your Linkstation, change those 2 files:
1) set the /etc/network/interfaces to:
- Used by ifup(8) and ifdown(8). See the interfaces(5) manpage or
- /usr/share/doc/ifupdown/examples for more information.
auto lo iface lo inet loopback
auto eth0 iface eth0 inet static address 192.168.11.160 netmask 255.255.255.0 geteway 192.168.11.1 network 192.168.11.0
auto eth0:auto iface eth0:auto inet dhcp
2) Edit the dhcp config file /etc/dhcpc/config to:
- Config file for dhcpcd.
case ${INTERFACE} in eth0)
- Uncomment this to allow dhcpcd to set the DNS servers in /etc/resolv.conf
- If you are using resolvconf then you can leave this commented out.
SET_DNS='yes'
- Uncomment this to allow dhcpcd to set the NIS domainname of the host to the
- domainname option supplied by DHCP server.
- SET_DOMAIN='yes'
- Uncomment this to allow dhcpcd to set hostname of the host to the
- hostname option supplied by DHCP server.
- SET_HOSTNAME='yes'
- Uncomment this to allow dhcpcd to set the NTP servers in /etc/ntp.conf
- SET_NTP='yes'
- Uncomment this to allow dhcpcd to set the YP servers in /etc/yp.conf
- SET_YP='yes'
- Add other options here, see man 8 dhcpcd-bin for details.
OPTIONS='-d -t 30 interface eth0:auto'
- Add other interfaces here
- )
esac
The -d option will generate some debug.
