Re: using zeroconf/avahi/whatever to attach computers
- From: "Michael R. Head" <burner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 28 Sep 2007 22:52:38 -0400
On Fri, 2007-09-28 at 12:45 -0700, Matt Price wrote:
hi folks,
i'm installing ubuntu on a new laptop (well, a friend's old laptop)
andwant to sync a bunch of stuff from my old laptop to this one. Both
will be running gutsy. I know there was a lot of talk a release or so
ago about zeroconf and avahi, and how they would make it really easy to
share information from one machine to another.
What I want is one ofhte following:
1) cat a cat5 cable, plug it into the ethernet jack on one computer,
plug the other end into the other computer, and have the two computers
instantlyrecognize each other and allow or negotiate some kind of file
sharing.
This may work, but you'll definitely need a crossover cable (a regular
CAT5 patch cable won't cut it) or a hub between the two.
2) do something similar wirelessly -- that is, make a tiny ad hoc
network
This should be possible, but it'll be slow (vs. wired ethernet)
3) failing those, connet both laptops through the wireless router in my
home network, have the computers reognize and navigate to each other,
and allow sharing to go on that way.
This should work, too.
if those fail, i can just figure out the ip addresses and ssh in, i
guess, but i'd like to do it more elegantly if poss. thanks,
I routinely access the machines on my network using nautilus, nfs, and
ssh whenever I like, but I don't bother using auto-IPs, I just let
avahi/mdns work using my DHCP-acquired addresses.
It works fine as long as the machines are on the same network segment
(or you set up something to forward multicast packets between segments).
Matt--
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