Networking

[CrAz3D]

I've got 2 comps that I want to connect, not with the internet, & get a file off of one. The file is on a Win 98 & the comp I want it to go on is a Win XP. I have an Ethernet port on each & have the LAN cable. The folks at BestBuy said that that is all that I needed to perform tis operation.

How do I setup the networking connection to share the file?

[Thing]

You need a "crossover" cable not a "patch" cable.

Assign IP addresses to both machines that are in the same subnet:

Machine #1 - IP 192.168.0.1  Subnet mask 255.255.255.0
Machine #2 - IP 192.168.0.2  Subnet mask 255.255.255.0

Don't worry about DNS or Gateway stuff.

Make them both a member of the same workgroup, with different machine names.

Share the directory that has the file you want to move.  Clickety click on My Network Places until you find it, copy, and paste.

By the way, you should keep you porn files on just one computer in case you need to delete them real fast.  Just a tip.

[CrAz3D]

It's photo shop off of a laptop, & I think i got it to work.  the ethernet port wasn't workin for some gay reason.

[pileofcrap]

You need a switch to assign IP's not just a hub.........  i think lol

[Yoni]

Who's talking about a switch or hub? A crossover cable is useful for connecting 2 computers directly, without a hub/switch/router.

IPs are assigned either statically, or dynamically (using a DHCP server). So unless one of the computers runs a DHCP server, both computers should set their IP statically to 192.168.0.XYZ or 10.0.0.XYZ (or another address that belongs to a private use block).

[Etheran]

A crossover cable is also good for connecting hubs/switches together, too.  Most hubs/switches have an uplink port that switches the wries around for you, but for those that don't, you can, indeed, use a crossover cable to uplink your hubs/switches.

[iago]

How do you perform a clickety click?

[Grok]

How do you perform a clickety click?

First you melt the wicked witch of the West.  Take her magic shoes, put them on.  Well, you know the rest.

[iago]

You give placebos to all her friends and then not get her home at all, thus being a completely useless wizard?

[DeeZ]

You may even have a cross-over cable already.  I don't know about the guys at best buy, but when I used to work stock at a computer store several years ago, I handed out many many cross-over cables to people with your exact situation.  I do not remember the exact print, but it should say : cat-6 xover, cross, or maybe just x, somewhere on the actual cable.  Also, Belkin cat-6 cables (most popular) come in many colors, but only their cross-over cables are yellow.

[Naem]

Build one yourself. I made a cable for my English teacher because she was using a telephone line (RJ-12 iirc), lol.

So is it the green or the orange wire?!
*snip*

[Adron]

What's cat-6 cable? Gigabit ethernet?

[DeeZ]

Yes.  It's capable of 100-Mbit and Gigabit.  It turns out that a lot of stores are selling it over 5e now since they are about the same price, and 6 is actually standardized now.  You're right to point that out though as most likely the cross-over cable he bought is cat-5e.

http://global.ihs.com/search_res.cfm?RID=TIA&INPUT_DOC_NUMBER=TIA/EIA-568-2

[mynameistmp]

erm aren't the twisted pairs in cat6 just wound more tightly to prevent ema (proximity of wires increases magnetic field or whatever)
dunno maybe thats just cat5e