[PLUG] [Retitled for clarity] File sharing over a two node LAN

[Ben Koenig]

You have the following options for point to point file transfers
- adhoc wifi
- bluetooth file transfers
- IR transmission
- NFC

That's it, there is nothing else. You are looking for magic fairy dust.




On Sun, Aug 11, 2019, 4:50 AM Richard Owlett <rowlett at cloud85.net> wrote:

> On 08/10/2019 02:01 PM, Russell Senior wrote:
> > On Sat, Aug 10, 2019 at 8:55 AM Richard Owlett <rowlett at cloud85.net>
> wrote:
> >
> >> I have read more and made some progress ;}
> >> I am using Debian 9.8 {Stretch} with MATE desktop on two Lenovo laptops.
> >> As I used Networkmanager to create the ad-hoc network, I only have WEP
> >> *NOT* WPA at the moment [but have info on doing WPA].
> >> [see
> >>
> >>
> https://wiki.debian.org/WiFi/HowToUse#WiFi_can_scan.2C_but_not_connect_using_NetworkManager_.28Debian_9_Stretch.29
> >> on how to overcome a connection problem.]
> >>
> >> My stated goal is file sharing on a peer-to-peer network with exactly
> >> two nodes. The unstated purpose of chosen method is understanding
> >> networks. Traveling down memory lane to early 60's, I can see this as a
> >> Sophomore/Junior E.E. lab {Cornell's B.S.E.E. program was 5 years at the
> >> time ;]
> >>
> >
> > Nothing on wireless involves two nodes. Each station broadcasts. It's
> only
> > happenstance if only two stations are receiving, it could easily be more.
>
> IRRELEVANT to topic at hand. *MY* LAN has exactly two nodes. The
> "physical transport layer" happens to be WiFi, could just as well be
> 20mA current loop.
> >
> > Did you see this?
> >
> > https://wiki.debian.org/WiFi/AdHoc
>
> Yes but it is not germane as Networkmanager was used to establish the
> connection. It does the same job but evidently stores its information
> differently.
>
> >
> >
> >>
> >> Since I last posted, I've discovered "Open Systems .Interconnection
> >> (OSI) Model".
> >>
> >>
> > Did you see this part?
> >
> > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OSI_model#Comparison_with_TCP/IP_model
> > [snip long quotation]
>
> I hadn't. But I did not see any guidance there.
>
> >
> >
> >> I would like to be pointed to material on creating an appropriate P2P
> >> network with a preference to sources tied to OSI.
> >> {References to servers/clients, switches, routers, un-listed hardware,
> >> etc are _*VERBOTEN*_!}
> >>
> >> TIA
>
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