Re: File Transfer: Connect Fedora to Windows machine via ethernet without a router?

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On 20/01/2008, Stuart Sears <stuart@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Dotan Cohen wrote:
> > Can one connect a laptop running Fedora directly to a Windows machine
> > and transfer files between them? In this particular case, the computer
> > that I'd like to connect to is Windows XP Home Edition SP2, but I'd
> > like to know how to connect to Windows computers in general.
>
> Depends on what you mean by "connect".
> If you mean "set up so that the windows machine can drag and drop"
>
> You can use a crossover cable to link the 2 machines.
> You could then either
> - statically fix the IP addressing on both boxes.
> - run a dhcp server on the linux box and tell the windows machine to
> pick up the information automatically (it may already be set up this way)
>
> For transferring files you have a number of alternatives:
>
> samba - windows-style filesharing
> an ftp server on the linux box
>
> sshd on the linux box and winscp on the windows side.
> httpd and webDAV on the linux box
> (and a few others)
> or just do it the oldfashioned way with a USB disk
>
> > As the windows computer is obviously not mine, I'd like to avoid
> > installing software on it if possible. Thanks.
>
> then you probably want one of the first 2.
>
> You can access ftp sites in Windows/Internet Explorer
> If you have networking functioning properly and samba running on the
> linux machine, you should see your laptop in Network Neighborhood (sic)
>
> both should allow drag and drop if the linux side is correctly set up.
>
>
> vftpd is easier to set up than samba IMHO
>
> (although my preferred system would be winscp/sshd...)
>
>
> Stuart

Thanks, Stuart. I like the idea about a DHCP server on the Linux box
and ftp. Then _anything_ can connect to it.

Dotan Cohen

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