connecting laptop to desktop: was: always some kind of glitch

[Gregory Nowak]

If your first nic is connected to a dsl/cable modem, then yes, you will need a second nic in it if you want to have internet on the laptop via the desktop's connection.
Greg


On Thu, Aug 15, 2002 at 07:55:43PM -0500, Cheryl Homiak wrote:
> Thanks, Janina and buddy and all.
> question: in order to connect my laptop to my desktop to transfer files, etc.,
> will I need to put a second ethernet card in my desktop? Of course, I realize
> that once i have linux up and running on the laptop I can also use ssh and scp
> if my laptop is itself somewhere connected to the internet separately from the
> desktop. But I suppose there may be times when I want to connect the two
> together.
> 
> Thanks.
> 
> Cheryl
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