big network error

[Guest]

hi i am new to networking with windows xp pro
i have just installed two new ethernet cards in my computers
and i did the network setup but the problem is that if one
computer is connected to the network the other says the
cable is unplugged and this happens either way
they are both under the same version of xp, they have the same ethernet
cards and the cable is a crossover it has already been checked i have had
lost of
people tell me things to try but i keep getting this problem any ideas would
be graetly apprieciated

thanks nick

 

[Guest]

Problem with your crossover patch cable. Get a new cross-over patch cable and
try again.

Nimit Mehta.

 

[Guest]

i have already tried that but thanks mate if you have any more ideas it
would be great thanx

 

[GTS]

What do you mean by "that if one computer is connected to the network?"
What do you actually do that makes one or the other give the message?

 

[Guest]

what i mean is that if one computer says the network is connected the other
says the cable is unplugged. depending on which one i start up first it will
say it connected and the second one says there is no plug