[ale] Connecting to r-pi

[Charles Shapiro]

Actually, we were replacing the firmware with an open source one. IIRC, Jim
correctly identified my problem to be not configuring my tftp client for
binary-only transfer.  CRLF line terminators are Bill Gates's legacy to the
world.  I sometimes wonder if the Gates Foundation is sufficient to repay
the evil he has done (heh).

-- CHS


On Tue, Oct 23, 2018 at 1:05 PM DJ-Pfulio <DJPfulio at jdpfu.com> wrote:

> Never fear, according to d-link, that firmware is fine and perfectly
> current.  ;)
>
> On 10/23/18 12:42 PM, Jim Kinney wrote:
> > We connected a dlink to your laptop on my back porch about 15 years ago,
> > too :-)
> >
> > On Tue, 2018-10-23 at 12:16 -0400, Charles Shapiro wrote:
> >> Ah, I think that's how I connected my very first two PCs, on my back
> >> porch about 25 years ago.
> >>
> >> -- CHS
> >>
> >>
> >> On Mon, Oct 22, 2018 at 1:06 PM Jim Kinney via Ale <ale at ale.org
> >> <mailto:ale at ale.org>> wrote:
> >>> 2 static IPs on same subnet with a crossover cable.
> >>>
> >>> On Mon, 2018-10-22 at 08:18 -0400, DJ-Pfulio via Ale wrote:
> >>>> Looking for some ideas around setting up a raspberry pi when there
> isn't
> >>>> any network with a router available.
> >>>>
> >>>> Simple is better than complex.
> >>>>
> >>>> The Pi has a fresh copy, unmodified, of raspbian.
> >>>> The computer is running a popular Linux distro, debian/ubuntu/mint
> based.
> >>>>
> >>>> How would you connect the 2 systems together using only a normal CAT5e
> >>>> ethernet cable and the 2 systems?
>
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