new laptop file transfers

[joe19812]

I just upgraded from a T42 to a T61. Is it possible to transfers files between computers by connecting an ethernet wire between the them? I wanted to see if this was possible/easier before reverting to using a USB drive to transfer everything.

[sktn77a]

Yes, it's possible. You would need a "crossover" ethernet cable (not a regular cable) and you would need to set the IPs and subnet mask manually. Alternatively, you can use a router between them - just set both computers to share files and then copy from the T4x to the T6x.

[SHoTTa35]

don't need to. You can use any cable and plug them both into the systems. Both systems support MID-X (or is that MDI-X) that will automatically figure out how to connect each other.

Since they both have gigabit ports it should be pretty fast. You will need to setup a share on one of them (my documents or something) and then just go on the othe rmachine and copy the whole thing out to your new one.

[gator]

http://plaza.ufl.edu/psrivats/Networking.doc

This is a small How-to I wrote for connecting two computers using a wired or a wireless connection.

[sktn77a]

don't need to. You can use any cable and plug them both into the systems. Both systems support MID-X (or is that MDI-X) that will automatically figure out how to connect each other.

Interesting, I knew most current routers and switches supported auto-MDIX, but I didn't know computers did. Just set up the network communication as described in the link above and you should be good to go (or use a router and you won't have to mess around with manual network configurations).