<div dir="ltr"><div>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).<br><br></div>-- CHS<br><br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr">On Tue, Oct 23, 2018 at 1:05 PM DJ-Pfulio <<a href="mailto:DJPfulio@jdpfu.com">DJPfulio@jdpfu.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Never fear, according to d-link, that firmware is fine and perfectly<br>
current. ;)<br>
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On 10/23/18 12:42 PM, Jim Kinney wrote:<br>
> We connected a dlink to your laptop on my back porch about 15 years ago,<br>
> too :-)<br>
> <br>
> On Tue, 2018-10-23 at 12:16 -0400, Charles Shapiro wrote:<br>
>> Ah, I think that's how I connected my very first two PCs, on my back<br>
>> porch about 25 years ago.<br>
>><br>
>> -- CHS<br>
>><br>
>><br>
>> On Mon, Oct 22, 2018 at 1:06 PM Jim Kinney via Ale <<a href="mailto:ale@ale.org" target="_blank">ale@ale.org</a><br>
>> <mailto:<a href="mailto:ale@ale.org" target="_blank">ale@ale.org</a>>> wrote:<br>
>>> 2 static IPs on same subnet with a crossover cable.<br>
>>><br>
>>> On Mon, 2018-10-22 at 08:18 -0400, DJ-Pfulio via Ale wrote:<br>
>>>> Looking for some ideas around setting up a raspberry pi when there isn't<br>
>>>> any network with a router available.<br>
>>>><br>
>>>> Simple is better than complex.<br>
>>>><br>
>>>> The Pi has a fresh copy, unmodified, of raspbian.<br>
>>>> The computer is running a popular Linux distro, debian/ubuntu/mint based.<br>
>>>><br>
>>>> How would you connect the 2 systems together using only a normal CAT5e<br>
>>>> ethernet cable and the 2 systems?<br>
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