After physical connection turn on both boxes. First make sure network card is detected on both boxes:
Once type the following commands to see IP info:
To assign IP
Code:
ifconfig IP-address netmask up
Ping both boxes
Code:
ping box-1-ip
ping box-2-ip
To login and to transfer files, you need to enable ssh server on both boxes. Assuming ssh installed, type
Code:
ssh user@box1-ip
ssh user@box2-ip
ssh root@box1-ip
To share files between to Linux boxes you need to install NFS server. To share files / printer between Windows / Max OS and Linux you need to install Samba file server (NFS can be also used).
Different bistro stores configuration files at diffrent locations.