Re: [SLE] how to connect two computers

From: James Knott (james.knott_at_rogers.com)
Date: 10/17/05

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    Maura Edeweiss Monville wrote:
    > 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.

    I assume then that the VPN termiates on your desktop computer. If that
    VPN can pass through the address translation, you could get one of those
    cheap firewall/router boxes, with a 4 port ethernet switch. That way,
    both computers can access the internet at the same time, as well as each
    other. You can then use the method of your choise, to transfer the files. 

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