Join two PC's using ethernet

[Mike]

Hi,

I'd like to connect two PC's via ethernet, but I only have one monitor.
What do I need to do besides buying another monitor?

ThanXXXX

Mike
Picture Rocks, AZ

 

[philo]

Hi,

I'd like to connect two PC's via ethernet, but I only have one monitor.
What do I need to do besides buying another monitor?

ThanXXXX

As long is it's just two PC's all you need is a crossover cable.

you don't need to get another monitor....but to view both machines...a KVM
switch would be helpful

 

[TheProphet]

Hi,

I'd like to connect two PC's via ethernet, but I only have one monitor.
What do I need to do besides buying another monitor?

ThanXXXX

Mike
Picture Rocks, AZ

keyboard and mouse would be a good idea

two NIC's(network interface card) if you don't have them built in,
crossover UTP cable and that's it. Then you have to adjust your OS

Winxp has a wizard for that, or you could manually configure tcp/ip
settings.

shortcut example:

IP settings for one computer :
IP :192.168.0.10
Subnet :255.255.255.0
Gateway:don't need one for now

and for the other one

IP :192.168.0.11
Subnet :255.255.255.0
Gateway:don't need one for now

Both computers MUST have the same workgroup name

this will work for basic connection between two computers
next you should play with settings, sharing, ICS and other if you want

hope it helps you

brgrds
TheProphet

 

[Noozer]

Hi,

I'd like to connect two PC's via ethernet, but I only have one monitor.
What do I need to do besides buying another monitor?

You don't need another monitor... Just install VNC server on the remote PC
and VNC viewer on the localPC.

Just get a crossover ethernet cable, make sure that both PC's are on the
same workgroup, and configure TCP/IP so the IP addresses are in the same
block (192.168.0.2, mask of 255.255.255.0 and gateway of 192.168.0.1 on one
and 192.168.0.3, mask of 255.255.255.0 and gateway of 192.168.0.1 on the
second )

It really all depends on what you want to do with these PC's.

 

[DaveW]

You need to connect the computer's network ports together with a Cat. 5
Crossover cable. It's a special cable for that purpose.

 

[Myrrapen]

Use Cat5 for the ethernet

If you just wanna swap files, You can also use a USB Link. Does th
same thing as a crossover cable without the setup


Something like this one

http://www.geeks.com/details.asp?invtid=BLU-USB20-DL&cpc=SCH&srm=