Connecting Laptop to Desktop by way of LAN cable?

[composer11]

I want to try out FX Teleport......

Looking for the easiest way to do this, can do it via wireless (HEY FX TELEPORT, this in the working yet?) anyway, looking for the best and easiest way to do this...

Right now, laptop connects to router, online, and printer via wireless.

Router 4 computers attached...
I want to connect hardware LAPTOP via ethernet cable to DAW via ethernet, then share files, then try FX Teleport....

thanks for the help...

[freeztar]

I use a crossover cable to connect my laptop and desktop. Haven't used fx teleport, but from what I've read around here, the latency is too high to be usable.

[Lunch Money]

Yes, you need what's called a crossover cable. In the networking section of your technology store, they'll be the yellow ones and it'll say "crossover" on them.

Alternatively, you could get an inexpensive 4-port router and just set yourself up with a mini LAN. Would come in handy for internet-related stuff, too.

Greg

[Stupid American Pig]

Keep in mind, gigabit LAN is highly recommended as far as I recall.

[Hybernation]

The latency is indeed too high UNLESS both machines have gigabit ethernet cards. on my system WITH gigabit, I can get up to 8 streams of 24bit/44.1 audio and midi to work fine. I also use a crossover cable, though a gigabit "switch" will work if you have more than 2 machines.

[Paulie Phonick]

You can also try to connect them using Firewire which can act like a LAN connection at 400 MBit.

[speccyteccy]

I plugged my laptop into a LAN socket using a cross over cable, and it worked fine - apparently modern network cards can auto-sense what polarity they're being fed. I'm guessing this means you can use a standard ethernet cable to connect two pc's together directly (providing they both have modern n/w cards).