cant_ride Posted March 9, 2005 Report Share Posted March 9, 2005 hey hey i just got my new laptop and I was wondering of there's a way of connecting them together so file transfers are possible with what I have... that being 1 USB cable and 1 Ethernet cable. oli Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nb88 Posted March 9, 2005 Report Share Posted March 9, 2005 You need a network crossover cable, and a network card in each pc. simple as that :blink: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cant_ride Posted March 9, 2005 Author Report Share Posted March 9, 2005 got cards in both but whats the xover cable ?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nb88 Posted March 9, 2005 Report Share Posted March 9, 2005 Look at the coloured cables at each end of the network cable. If theyre in a different order, its crossover and will work :blink: . If theyre exactly the same you need to go buy a new cable. Then just plug em in and set it up software-wise. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spikenipple Posted March 9, 2005 Report Share Posted March 9, 2005 Or you could use a hub/switch and that'll auto crossover the connection, but then you'll need two cat5 cables :blink: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tipsy Jock Posted March 9, 2005 Report Share Posted March 9, 2005 i think the ethernet cable will work, if you set up a home network thingy on both. Wish i knew what i was talking about lol. Pete Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pinky Posted March 9, 2005 Report Share Posted March 9, 2005 Or you could use a hub/switch and that'll auto crossover the connection, but then you'll need two cat5 cables :blink: ← Why waste money? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spikenipple Posted March 9, 2005 Report Share Posted March 9, 2005 Well i didn't recommend that this guy does that, but that is a viable solution to connect computers together.. Also if for any reason you wanted to connect more than two computers together, you could use a hub, whereas you couldn't use a single crossover cable... :blink: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pinky Posted March 9, 2005 Report Share Posted March 9, 2005 Well i didn't recommend that this guy does that, but that is a viable solution to connect computers together.. Also if for any reason you wanted to connect more than two computers together, you could use a hub, whereas you couldn't use a single crossover cable... :blink: ← but then he can buy a hub/switch later if he needs which I doubt he will as he a student :angry: pinky Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben Cox Posted March 9, 2005 Report Share Posted March 9, 2005 just go to a computer store and buy a cat5e crossover cable plug em into the network card ports and there you go :turned: ben Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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