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[Guest]

i have 3 machines running xp home edition and when i conct them together with
network cables i still get a message saying 'network cable unplugged. The
network sockets work fine on each computer because it works when i plug my
modem in?? And it also works when i plug a machine in running xp pro? it only
seems to be the home edition that i have problems with. is there some setting
i havent done or something i haven`t installed pls help!!!

 

[Chuck]

i have 3 machines running xp home edition and when i conct them together with
network cables i still get a message saying 'network cable unplugged. The
network sockets work fine on each computer because it works when i plug my
modem in?? And it also works when i plug a machine in running xp pro? it only
seems to be the home edition that i have problems with. is there some setting
i havent done or something i haven`t installed pls help!!!

When you connect your (cable?) modem to one computer, the modem probably has an
automatic crossover port. When you connect 2 computers directly, you need a
crossover cable, NOT a patch cable. How do you connect 3 computers by network
cables though? Does 1 computer have 2 network adaptors? Or is a router
involved in here, but not stated?

 

[Guest]

sorry Chuck the three macines running xp home are linked up one at a time
individually not all at once. Although i want to get a new network card
with 2 ports but the computer it will go in is one of the systems that i am
having problems with. anything else that might shed some light then just ask,
thanks for the response anyway

 

[Chuck]

sorry Chuck the three macines running xp home are linked up one at a time
individually not all at once. Although i want to get a new network card
with 2 ports but the computer it will go in is one of the systems that i am
having problems with. anything else that might shed some light then just ask,
thanks for the response anyway

Why not get ONE network card / computer ($15 each) and a NAT router ($40). I'd
bet a 2 port network card will be a bit more than $30. Easier to setup, easier
to use, and easier to support.
<http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2006/01/proper-network-design.html#Router>
http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2006/01/proper-network-design.html#Router

 

[jkat54]

Why not get ONE network card / computer ($15 each) and a NAT router
($40). I'd bet a 2 port network card will be a bit more than $30.
Easier to setup, easier to use, and easier to support.
<http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2006/01/proper-network-design.html#Route
r>
http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2006/01/proper-network-design.html#Router

You need crossover cables. This can be explaned as follows.

1. A NIC relys on 2 wires... One is for Sending one is for Receiving.

2. Every NIC is built the same way as far as, this wire is for sending
this one for receiving.

3. If you have 2 NICs connected with regular patch cables, the send from
one card will go thru the wire to the send on the other card, and the
recieve on one will go straigh to the receive on the other NIC. This
effectively produces a "network cable unplugged" message.

A Crossover cable takes the send from one end of the cable and crosses it
over to the receive on the other end of the cable so you can wire two
computers or two routers together.

Routers today have reversed NICs so that you dont need a cross over cable
to go between your PC and your Router. However if you go from router to
router, there is a need for a crossover because both NICs are reversed.