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[sindi keesan <keesan AT sdf.lonestar.org>]

On Tue, 19 Sep 2006, Ron Clarke wrote:

> Hi Folks,
>
> On Mon, 18 Sep 2006 18:55:06 +0000 (UTC)
> sindi keesan <keesan AT sdf.lonestar.org> wrote:
>
> > Can anyone on this list try networking between BL and XP and if it works,
> > report the details?
>
>    I have been able to give my wife's XP access to HER account on my BL2 and 
> BL3 installations.
> We have four computers hooked up to the ADSL modem, which allots 192.168.1.2 
> - 5 IP numbers to each machine.

Will it work for you without the ADSL modem, using a crossover cable?
Sindi

> I run my pure-ftpd server on either the BL2 or BL3 setup (they are on 
> different partitions on the same machine) and my wife uses a dual-pane 
> ftp client, and logs in to her own account from the XP. If I want to 
> pass files to her, as root I put them into her /home/* directory. To get 
> files from the XP to me, she puts them into her directory on my machine 
> and I collect them from there. It was extremely easy to set up.  But it 
> has to be done from the XP. I cannot access her file system, so I have 
> to run the server.  I guess the same thing could be done with the httpd 
> server and a browser.
>
> Regards,
>         Ron