From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Mar 28 7:59:27 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from icarus.slightlystrange.org (icarus.slightlystrange.org [62.190.193.173]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0986737B417 for ; Thu, 28 Mar 2002 07:59:24 -0800 (PST) Received: from danielby by icarus.slightlystrange.org with local (Exim 3.12 #1 (Debian)) id 16qcJ2-0001eg-00 for ; Thu, 28 Mar 2002 15:59:16 +0000 Date: Thu, 28 Mar 2002 15:59:16 +0000 From: Daniel Bye To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: how to connect two PCs occasionally Message-ID: <20020328155916.GC4995@icarus.slightlystrange.org> Reply-To: dan@slightlystrange.org Mail-Followup-To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org References: <20020328154022.28EACCD2B7@smtp.bcn.isoco.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20020328154022.28EACCD2B7@smtp.bcn.isoco.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.27i Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Thu, Mar 28, 2002 at 04:40:22PM +0100, F. Xavier Noria wrote: > At home I have a desktop and a laptop, both running FreeBSD 4.x. > > Occassionally I would like to connect them to pass files. What would you > recommend to accomplish it without having a LAN? I would like to be able > to plug them easily, pass some data, and just unplug them, if there is > such a thing. > > -- fxn Check out kermit in /usr/ports/comms. It might be what you are looking for... You'd do well to use ethernet, instead of serial link anyway, as it is much faster and you can use well-known services. Cheers, Dan To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message