Quote Originally Posted by transistordude
Hi,
I would like to transfer files between my PC and laptop via ethernet. I have a cross cat 5e yellow cable and ethernet on both computers.

I clicked on Knoppix->Network Internet-> Network card configuration on both computers and I saw nothing except the mouse icon change for a few seconds.

Please advise on the command to learn what is my IP address so I could ping the computers and how do I specify in Konqueror the netwroked computer's directories.
Thanks,
Frank
If you are just connecting 2 computers by a cross-over cable and have no other network connections, then the 2 computers don't "have" IP addresses; you would have to assign one to each of them. If this network is completely cut off from anything else then you could use any IP addresses; but you would be wise to use private unroutable addreses like 192.168.1.2 and 192.168.1.3.

Although 2 computers can be networked this way and it might server you well, I really recommend the use of an inexpensive router. If you have high speed internet this becomes almost a must. In this case that would take care of all set-up and IP assignment for you. But it cartainly can be done with a cross over cable; I have one myself and have done just that with it.

By the way, you do know that the color of the cross-over cable is a non-issue, don't you?