crossover cable between a Mac and a PC?

[Nathon Jones]

Sorry for the basic question, but is it possible to connect a Mac and PC
using a standard crossover cable?

Will they speak to each other? Share Internet? Or is there an
adapter/patch of some kind required?

Thanks.
Nath.

 

[Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]]

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Sorry for the basic question, but is it possible to connect a Mac and
PC using a standard crossover cable?
Sure.

Will they speak to each other?

Sure, if you configure them with TCP/IP addresses in the same subnet, you
should be able to ping each from the other. For more, I suspect much depends
on the MacOS version you're running.

Share Internet?

Not sure if ICS works well with Macs.

 

[Nathon Jones]

Hi,

Really appreciate the input. Perhaps if both the Mac and PC were connected
to a router though, do you think they'd both access web ok?

Thanks
Nath.

"Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]"

 

[Jim]

Of course
Jim

Hi,

Really appreciate the input. Perhaps if both the Mac and PC were
connected to a router though, do you think they'd both access web ok?

Thanks
Nath.

"Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]"

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Sure, if you configure them with TCP/IP addresses in the same subnet, you
should be able to ping each from the other. For more, I suspect much
depends on the MacOS version you're running.


Not sure if ICS works well with Macs.