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prodeji
Hi all,
All of my research so far indicates that the answer to this question
is likely no, but I figured I have nothing to lose by asking it in
this forum -
I have two laptops, one running Win XP Pro SP3, the other running Win
XP Pro 2008 SP3.
The one running Win XP Pro SP3 has an ethernet connection to the
internet; the other doesn't. I want to connect the two computers via
an RJ11 telephone cable to set up a small home network to share the
internet connection, files and applications, and to set the two
computers up in a client/server configuration for some W2K3 exercises
(via VirtualBox).
I know I can just use a crossover cable to connect the two computers
but don't want to lose the internet connection (it's needed for some
of the exercises) or get a hub/switch/splitter (don't have any of
those at hand right now).
I do have an old RJ11 lying around, wondered if there was any way I
could get that to work, and became fascinated by the idea.
So, is there any way to basically get the functionality of a direct
ethernet connection between two computers using an RJ11 cable?
I'm dying to know.
Thanks,
prodeji
All of my research so far indicates that the answer to this question
is likely no, but I figured I have nothing to lose by asking it in
this forum -
I have two laptops, one running Win XP Pro SP3, the other running Win
XP Pro 2008 SP3.
The one running Win XP Pro SP3 has an ethernet connection to the
internet; the other doesn't. I want to connect the two computers via
an RJ11 telephone cable to set up a small home network to share the
internet connection, files and applications, and to set the two
computers up in a client/server configuration for some W2K3 exercises
(via VirtualBox).
I know I can just use a crossover cable to connect the two computers
but don't want to lose the internet connection (it's needed for some
of the exercises) or get a hub/switch/splitter (don't have any of
those at hand right now).
I do have an old RJ11 lying around, wondered if there was any way I
could get that to work, and became fascinated by the idea.
So, is there any way to basically get the functionality of a direct
ethernet connection between two computers using an RJ11 cable?
I'm dying to know.
Thanks,
prodeji