Create a home network

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Gordon.C

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Hi there

I was trying to connect two PC with a cable but it apparantly didnt work...

If I plug the cable in both computrs should there appear some notification? (takling about WIN XP)
When I did so the system did not recognize any changes and said that cable is unpluged... I tried it with several cables several times
 
Or use a router and run your main connection from the outside world to the back of it, and a seperate cable to each computer.
 
get a router it will make your life easier. there cheap enough.
besides being more secure.
 
what are you using it for?

if you want to transfer data between them, you need a cross over cable,
if you want internet on both, you need a router
 
brianmay27 said:
what are you using it for?

if you want to transfer data between them, you need a cross over cable,
if you want internet on both, you need a router
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Need the network for transer of data only, maybe some stuff like remote desktop and so on...

I do have the cross cable...
 
ok, so you need to connect that to both computers,

go into the network connection and go to properties,
go to tcp/ip and set the ip manually
ip address (first comp: 192.168.1.1 second comp: 192.168.1.2)
subnet 255.255.255.0
and everything else blank.
hit ok and go to command prompt
ping the other computer. if you can ping it, your good,
setup a folder that can be shared on the network
put your data in it and go to the other computer and enter the ip
 
brianmay27 said:
ok, so you need to connect that to both computers,

go into the network connection and go to properties,
go to tcp/ip and set the ip manually
ip address (first comp: 192.168.1.1 second comp: 192.168.1.2)
subnet 255.255.255.0
and everything else blank.
hit ok and go to command prompt
ping the other computer. if you can ping it, your good,
setup a folder that can be shared on the network
put your data in it and go to the other computer and enter the ip
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Have not tried this before... Will try... THX
 
When you connect two computers together via a crossover cable, you need to manually set the IP's for each PC.
 
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