how do you network two Ubuntu computers with a crossover cable?

[Steve Vandegaer]

Could you do a ping from 1 machine to the other?

On 12/6/05, Sean Hammond <sean.hammond at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Situation:
>
> I have two computers running Ubuntu Breezy, one a laptop and one a
> desktop.
>
> I have physically connected the two computers via their network cards
> using a crossover cable.
>
> Problem:
>
> How do I get these computers to 'see' eachother, so that I can transfer
> files? There seems to be no obvious way that works. The computers do not see
> eachother via the Places->Network Servers window and it's not clear how to
> use Places->Connect to Server to connect from one to the other. I attempted
> to setup sharing with both NFS and SAMBA using System-Administration->Shared
> Folders and by following the Samba instructions in the starters guide. I
> also tried to activate the network interfaces using
> System-Administration->Networking, and tried giving each machine an IP
> address to use. All I could get was a dialog asking me for a password to
> connect to MSHOME when I tried to open Places-Network Servers. This seems to
> suggest that I had managed to create a network, but I never specified any
> password.
>
> I just don't know what I'm supposed to do.
>
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