Can you link 2 computers via network interface cards?

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Is there a way to peer-to-peer network 2 computers together using a network cable that goes from one computer's network interface card to the other computer's network card? What I'm ultimately trying to do is transfer a large volume of files from one computer to another using this kind of a direct connection. If there is a way anyone out there knows of, and if so, would that person please provide specific step by step insturctions on how to set this up

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Am 04.04.2004, um 21:11:05 Uhr, schrieb Boxcar:
Is there a way to peer-to-peer network 2 computers together using a network cable
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for direct connection you need a "twisted pair" (also called "cross-over")
cable, it's different from normal LAN-cables (it's crossed)

CS
 
If you don't use a router or a hub, you need a crossover cable.
http://www.practicallynetworked.com/qa/qa20030213.shtml

then go to
http://www.practicallynetworked.com/networking/mmr_netwk_setup.htm

http://www.practicallynetworked.com/qa/qa20021104.shtml



Boxcar said:
Is there a way to peer-to-peer network 2 computers together using a
Click to expand...
network cable that goes from one computer's network interface card to the
other computer's network card? What I'm ultimately trying to do is transfer
a large volume of files from one computer to another using this kind of a
direct connection. If there is a way anyone out there knows of, and if so,
would that person please provide specific step by step insturctions on how
to set this up?
 
Christian said:
Am 04.04.2004, um 21:11:05 Uhr, schrieb Boxcar:




for direct connection you need a "twisted pair" (also called "cross-over")
cable, it's different from normal LAN-cables (it's crossed)

CS
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The OP needs a crossover cable, but it should not be called a
twisted pair. A crossover cable contains twisted pairs, but so
does a standard cable.
 
Okay, this is looking like a good start, but since I'm an absolute novice at this, I have questions - even after following the links Dave supplied. It says here that I have to have static IP addresses the are the same on both computers except for the last number. Both of the computers ordinarily run on a company network and both already have IP addresses (I don't know if they are static or not). Anyway, upon checking the IP addresses of the network adapters, they do not meet this criteria of only the last number different. So the question(s) I have are
1) it would seem that I have to change at least one of the IP addresses to match the other, except for the last number. But if I do that, won't it disrupt normal communications once I'm back on the company network - - since my work network already knows my computer by it's present IP address
2) Even if I were good with making such a change, how the heck do I actually change the IP address of the network card in one of the computers? I thought it automatically gave itself an IP address
 
Do you need to have an always-on internet connection for this to work?
I have a
desktop PC with XP Home and a laptop with 2000 Professional, both with
LAN ports. I have tried linking them with a x-over cable but it seems
as if I need to be always connected to the Internet - not practicable
with a pay-per-minute dial-up connection.

Is this the case, or have I missed something? (am I being stupid?!)

I only want to share files between the two computers, and I know I can
do it with a USB pocket drive, but a direct connection would be more
convenient. Parallel perhaps too slow, serial ports on desktop
already in use, infra-red with an infrared USB adaptor a possibility.
Using these methods could I move files in both directions or only from
guest to host?

Sorry to be ignorant and thanks in advance for any help.

Meg
 
Meg said:
Do you need to have an always-on internet connection for this to work?
I have a
desktop PC with XP Home and a laptop with 2000 Professional, both with
LAN ports. I have tried linking them with a x-over cable but it seems
as if I need to be always connected to the Internet - not practicable
with a pay-per-minute dial-up connection.

Is this the case, or have I missed something? (am I being stupid?!)

I only want to share files between the two computers, and I know I can
do it with a USB pocket drive, but a direct connection would be more
convenient. Parallel perhaps too slow, serial ports on desktop
already in use, infra-red with an infrared USB adaptor a possibility.
Using these methods could I move files in both directions or only from
guest to host?

Sorry to be ignorant and thanks in advance for any help.

Meg
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No problem. ICS (Internet Connection Sharing) works fine with DUN
(Dial-Up Networking). I used ICS with DUN for many moons, before
broadband cable was available on our street.

You could even use a crossover cable to create a LAN between two PCs
without any connection to the 'net, but the notion of a PC without
access to the web seems pretty dated.
 
Bob Willard said:
No problem. ICS (Internet Connection Sharing) works fine with DUN
(Dial-Up Networking). I used ICS with DUN for many moons, before
broadband cable was available on our street.

You could even use a crossover cable to create a LAN between two PCs
without any connection to the 'net, but the notion of a PC without
access to the web seems pretty dated.
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It's all right - I have got it fixed up now. The reason I was having
problems was that the on-board LAN controller on the desktop was, for
some reason, disabled in the BIOS, not the default setting, and was
buried in a sub menu.

Both computers can (and do)connect to the net on demand via the
dial-up, but here in the UK an always-on connection is quite
expensive, and not worth it for all I use it.

Thanks, Meg
 
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