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Originally Posted by remy1492
... but eventually settled on, physically moving the external and cable when data is needed by other computer.  |
Yeah but the problem with this is some partitions need to have designated drive paths for programs such as firefox downloader, azureus etc etc to work. Also it sucks the soul out of you. I am a man of little conveniences.
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Originally Posted by Vigilante
... You could have a crossover between the two machines that bypasses the LAN. You would need 2 network cards per machine. That's a pain and would require changing the metric on the 2 NICs on each machine. I can do that no sweat, but explaining it to the uninitiated causes some sweat  . The benefit would be dedicated 100/1000mbit between the two, once configured. ... |
Tell me more. I'm sure I can do it. And instead of the two network cards, can I use a USB to ethernet cable and have the HD plugged straight to the router?