[olug] A non network network?
Craig Wolf
cjwolf at mpsomaha.org
Tue Oct 18 17:55:26 UTC 2005
I will have to agree with the first suggestion: if they are close, a
wired nic in each with a private subnet. You can get a Realtek based
NIC for about $8 and a crossover cable can be bought (If you are not
good at making them) for $10-20 so total H/W cost $36 max plus an hour
or less of your time.
Craig Wolf
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Desktop/Network Specialist
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>>> "Daniel Linder" <dan at linder.org> 10/18/05 11:26 AM >>>
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On Tue, October 18, 2005 10:42, Phil Brutsche wrote:
> Hurley Rod wrote:
>> What about the old null modem trick? Haven't done it for years,
but
>> I suppose in this case it would work.
>
> Well, as long as you don't mind being limited to 115 kilobit, sure
;)
If we're going down this path, you could look at using the printer port,
but I haven't used them under either Linux nor Windows... Could be
faster but probably a lot more work to setup and not as easy to support
in
the long run.
A more modern option that might be an option would be to us a USB "pc
to pc" network cable. I haven't used these either, but the
speeds should be higher than old serial.
Dan
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