[PLUG] [OT ? ?? ???] Linux and computer literacy

[Tyrell Jentink]

What are you even on about? It's a network device... "Gates and Company"
uses a really complicated, error prone piece of crap sync software to do a
one-time sync from a system running an old version of Windows to a system
running a newer version of Windows... Linux can very very certainly
outperform it... What we can't help you with is what you aren't explaining:

What are you trying to do?

If the answer is "Kludge this cable I know nothing about into sharing files
from one system to another," the answer appears to be simple, and we have
told you OVER and OVER:

You plug it into two computers.
You configure a static network connection on each side (Exactly like you
would with any network)
Then you share the files with {scp|rsync|Samba|NFS, or any other file
sharing technology you so choose),

And your done.

What are you asking?

On Sun, Jun 24, 2018, 14:10 Richard Owlett <rowlett at cloud85.net> wrote:

> On 06/24/2018 10:01 AM, Galen Seitz wrote:
> > On 06/24/2018 07:24 AM, Galen Seitz wrote:
> >> On 06/23/2018 11:09 AM, Richard Owlett wrote:>
> >>> Similarly for either end of cable plugged in to receptacle 1.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> richard at debian-jan13:~$ # left end of cable in receptacle 1
> >>> richard at debian-jan13:~$  ls /sys/class/net/
> >>> enp0s25  enp0s29u1u1u1  lo
> >>>
> >>> richard at debian-jan13:~$ # right end of cable in receptacle 1
> >>> richard at debian-jan13:~$  ls /sys/class/net/
> >>> enp0s25  enp0s29u1u1u1  lo
> >>
> >> I realize this is part learning experience for you, but I don't think
> >> you necessarily need to be exploring the bowels of the sysfs
> >> (/sys/...) for this.  Please post the output of the 'ip addr' command
> >> on both ends.   You may already have a working connection between the
> >> two machines.
> >>
> >> galen
> >
> > Oops.  I meant to send that to the plug list.  Please reply on the list.
> >
>
> This is ~ 1/2 of what you requested
> I ran this on my laptop with only cable connected
> The relevant lines begins "57:"
>
> root at debian-jan13:/home/richard# ip addr
> 1: lo: <LOOPBACK,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 65536 qdisc noqueue state UNKNOWN
> group default qlen 1
>      link/loopback 00:00:00:00:00:00 brd 00:00:00:00:00:00
>      inet 127.0.0.1/8 scope host lo
>         valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
>      inet6 ::1/128 scope host
>         valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
> 2: enp0s25: <NO-CARRIER,BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP> mtu 1500 qdisc
> pfifo_fast state DOWN group default qlen 1000
>      link/ether f0:de:f1:0c:d5:db brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
> 57: enp0s26u1u1u1: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc
> pfifo_fast state UNKNOWN group default qlen 1000
>      link/ether 52:95:7f:8a:28:57 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
>      inet6 fe80::5095:7fff:fe8a:2857/64 scope link
>
> This was run on my laptop with nothing but mouse and cable connected.
> I do not have a flash drive available to report what the desktop saw
> {via sneaker net}
>
> To create context I will quote your post saying:>>> I realize this is
> part learning experience for you, ...
>
> This project originally started in order to transfer files between a
> laptop and a desktop without benefit of flash_drive &/or sneaker_net.
> I purchased a thingy which claimed to do that in a WindoZe environment.
>
> Can Linux not outperform Gates & co?
>
> An underlying question is "Why *NOT*"?
> There is an underlying comment.
> Debian (Linux in general) has known what to do with absolutely *ANY* USB
>   device used. Why *NOT* this item? ?? ??? ???? :<
>
> I cannot see that the "system" lacks info.
> It needs to be told what to do with it.
>
> P.S. I was dealing with "customer"/"tech" support half century ago.
> *NOT* same industry ;/ But you learn what are useful questions.
> I'm missing something ;/
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