Networking between a Laptop and a PC can be done in many ways. The best (as regards portability) is wireless alothough this costs a little more it is worth it if you don't want all those cables (you need PCMCIA _PC card_ , a PC NIC , with the wirelass hub an option)
Option 2. If both machines have USB , you can use that to hook up - althought in my experience it often works out dearer to buy the cables!
Option 3. The good old PCMCIA & PC NIC. I would recommend 3Com , you pay extra , but you get solid performance , great driver support & a LIFETIME warranty!(remember you get what you pay for!)
Option 4. You can use a LAPLINK cable , but this is a messy option IMHO. I used a piece of software called PIPX (Parallel IPX) in the days of DooM. It was good , but you can now get much better for much less!
Option 5. If both machines support IR (which I doubt!) then file transfer can be achieved that way.
If it is only file transfer you need you could consider an external device , such as a USB hard drive or Zip.....
Below are a few links of interest...
Apple (for wireless networking information)
Farallon For information on home networking and wireless |PC cards.
LAN Party Pictures of various hubs and PCs in action!
I hope this information is of some use to you....
Option 2. If both machines have USB , you can use that to hook up - althought in my experience it often works out dearer to buy the cables!
Option 3. The good old PCMCIA & PC NIC. I would recommend 3Com , you pay extra , but you get solid performance , great driver support & a LIFETIME warranty!(remember you get what you pay for!)
Option 4. You can use a LAPLINK cable , but this is a messy option IMHO. I used a piece of software called PIPX (Parallel IPX) in the days of DooM. It was good , but you can now get much better for much less!
Option 5. If both machines support IR (which I doubt!) then file transfer can be achieved that way.
If it is only file transfer you need you could consider an external device , such as a USB hard drive or Zip.....
Below are a few links of interest...
Apple (for wireless networking information)
Farallon For information on home networking and wireless |PC cards.
LAN Party Pictures of various hubs and PCs in action!
I hope this information is of some use to you....