Network protocol question

[DragonFire]

I have two computer with 10/100 nics connected with a cross over cable. What protocol would be best to use to connect them? If its netbeui, how would I get each box a ip for testing reasons or is there another way to to test the speed without needing ips?

 

[office boy]

It's really easy to set up TCP/IP, just assign one box 192.168.0.1 (subnet 255.255.255.0) and the other 192.168.0.2 (same subnet)
that will pretty much do it.
If they are both winblows, then you could use something like netbeui, which is nonroutable, and somewhat more secure.... (and easier to setup, but not good for much more then printer and file sharing))

 

[Scarpozzi]

If you are just wanting to do simple file transfers, NetBEUI is the way to go. It is non-routable, but can be routed using NetBIOS. NetBEUI is almost always the best way to go if you're running a Microsoft Network.... Allows you to map drives and do a lot of things that you would do with a Novell network(generally speaking).