[Octo]

Here is my setup. An iMac and a Powerbook, both connected through an ethernet hub to DSL modem, each machine has its own IP address and they are not always on the same subnet. When ever I try transferring a file between the two computers everything is send out through the DSL modem and then comes back in. I'm using PPPoE, so everything goes out over ppp0:

Is there a way to modify the routing or something else so that I can have faster file transfers, or should I go and and by a DSL router and just to that.

Thanks

[Camelot]

Devices HAVE to be on the same subnet in order to talk directly to each other. If they're not they HAVE to communicate through a router.

The only way to do what you want is to setup both machines on the same network.

The good news is that if you're running Mac OS X, you can configure multiple IP addresses on the ethernet interface.

For example, on each machine, run:

ifconfig en0 192.168.1.1 alias

on one machine, and:

ifconfig en0 192.168.1.2 alias

on the other machine. They can then talk to each other using the 192.18.1.x addresses, and the rest of the world using the PPPoE-assigned IP address.