Then wait till then and do what king said once you get it. No way you are going to be able to run a server on a laptop and play on it at the same time on the same computer. Until then go for a whitelist server. If you want to you can go on mine for the time being. "Industrial Age". Just search it up.
Download the tekkit server client and run that on your home machine. If your computer isn't powerfull enough then you will need to find a host.
If all else fails, just get all your friends together on a public server.
Redpower. If you know how to use it it makes life very easy. I can make a system 10 times faster, 10 times more reliable, and half the size with redpower instead of to BC. Logistics Pipes are great for auto crafting but lack in ease of use.
That made my day, again.
You get the one your bro has and he gets a computer from 200 years in the future.
I wish for the password to my parents wireless...
Well let me be first to say: Welcome to the Forums!
You have done better than most first posters as this is the right place and I don't see any rules broken!
As for your request, try YouTube. Its wonderful for these types of things. My advice would be to watch a few vids and come up with a blend of them to best suit what you want to do.
Best of luck on the forums!
In addition to what Teraku said, make sure you are the owner of BOTH pipes. I've had the same problem and it was just that one of my friends broke a pipe and replaced it making it unusable for me.