Re: Connecting two computers.

[Arun Sharma <adsharma@xxxxxxxx>]

On Wed, May 19, 1999 at 09:46:48AM +0500, Dr. Shahrukh K. R. Pavri. wrote:
> I have two standalone machines, one at home one at work. Both are dual boot
> rhl 5.2 & win95. Both have a modem.
> 
> I need to connect these two so that I can access the files of each on the
> other, preferably using linux. My clinic is a couple of km from my
> residence, so I think I'll have to use the telephone lines. Can I use ftp?
> do I use the anonftp package ? if yes, how ? there's no man page for
> anonftp though glint shows that it is present on the machine.
> 
> pointers, urls, detailed instructions welcome.

You need to run a pppd on your linux machine and have the win95 box call
the linux machine. More info:

http://metalab.unc.edu/mdw/HOWTO/Serial-HOWTO.html

About anonftp, you don't have to do anything. Most linux distros have
it enabled by default.

	-Arun


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