Re: [SLE] how to connect two computers

From: Maura Edeweiss Monville (memonvil_at_artsci.wustl.edu)
Date: 10/17/05

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To: James Knott <james.knott@rogers.com>

    I was misanderstood as I failed to state clearly that maine is not a s/w
    problem but instead a h/w one.
    I've been using VPN and ssh, scp for almost 2 years now to work from home
    (nights and weekends) while connected to the gov servers.
    My current problem is how to connect physically the two computers.
    Once they are connected somehow, will I be able to transfer data directly
    from my desktop to my laptop and vice-versa withot passing through a
    remote server ?

    I have Comcast fast internet through TV cable that is connected to the
    COmcast modem which is connected to one of the two computers only.
    The modem has both an ethernet and a USB port but I was told that I can
    use either one but not both at the same time ... otherwise I'd have
    solved my problem.
    Thank you,
    maura

    On Mon, 17 Oct 2005, James Knott wrote:

    > Maura Edeweiss Monville wrote:
    > > Now that at home I've got both a desktop and a laptop, I have to transfer
    > > some data from the desktop to the laptop.
    > > The crude way I do that is to send the file from my desktop to a server
    > > and then download it from the server on my laptop.
    > > Actually as the server is a goverment network, I do not have access to the
    > > server from my laptop (I sould install VPN to do that as I have on my
    > > desktop) therefore I append the file to an e-mail sent to an account I can
    > > open on either cnmputer.
    > >
    > > Is there a more elegant/less cumbersome way to transfer data between two
    > > physically very close computers ?
    >
    > How are you connecting from the desktop to the network? I assume via
    > ADSL or cable modem. If so, can you use one of those firewall/routers
    > between the computer and modem? Where does the VPN terminate? A few
    > more details will help.
    >
    >
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