Not sure if that title is accurate, this field is not my strong point. Basically I’m about to move homes. And in my new (temporary) home I wont have access to ethernet, plus my server doesn’t have a network card. I was therefore wondering if it was possible to bridge a connection between my laptop to my server with an ethernet cable. This would obviously be a short term solution, but I’m wondering if it’s possible and if so, how? Or is it better to buy a cheap network card?
My laptop is running NixOS and my server Unraid, if it should be to any help.
Of course you can.
However, my networking knowledge is not super fresh. I believe you need a special ethernet cable for this. A crossover ethernet cable. Then you have to manually set the IP address on both ends for that interface to something kind 192.168.0.1 and 192.168.0.2 Here’s a quick how-to that shows an example.
Or… You don’t have an individual router? Couldn’t you just plug it in the router by ethernet cable?
I believe a crossover cable is no longer needed these days as most ethernet adapters implements Auto-MDIX .
Ah ok.
I was born in the 1900’s so… You know, things have changed in the 21st century.
If both Ethernet NIC is over 1gbps, you are fine with using normal cable.
Thanks I’ll try this!