[PLUG] Minimalist network WinXP <-> Debian Jessie. How?

[Richard Owlett]

On 8/16/2016 2:50 PM, Dick Steffens wrote:
> On 08/16/2016 10:43 AM, Richard Owlett wrote:
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>> Maybe I know even less about Wifi than I thought. I *ASSUMED* the
>> two laptops would be able to communicate without an intermediary.
>> I've got a T-mobile Z915 Hotspot which I use as a USB connected
>> "cell modem) - Wifi turned off. Their documentation isn't the
>> greatest. I don't recall it saying anything about communicating
>> between two machines on the same hot spot. I got the impression
>> it only connected multiple machines to the internet.
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> I have recently finished using my Verizon tablet as a hotspot. (I'm back
> on Comcast, now.) It worked fine, but it used a lot of data. If you use
> your hotspot, your communications will go out to the T-mobile system and
> back again, so you'll end up using twice the data on your T-mobile plan
> (assuming you don't have an unlimited data plan).
>
> As others have said, just plug an Ethernet cable between the two
> laptops, manually set IP addresses on them, and you're good to go. (At
> least I think you would need to do the manual IP setup thing.)

"The DEVIL be in details" ;/
I B working on better phrasing of problem definition.


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