How do I connect my desktop and laptop by using a crossover cable ?

Answer 1

first of all, the only reason you would want to do this is because you don't have a router (which you usually should have to share your connection when you have high speed internet). If you do, then you don't need the crossover cable. Just open your network connection and you should see the other computers if they have shared material.

If not, then you need 2 things: ethernet jack on both computers and a crossover cable. Supposing you're on windows XP, open the control panel and click on "Network Connections." Your ethernet adapter connection should show up there as probably "Local Area Connection". There shouldn't be many of them (generally somewhere between 1 and 3) so you try the following on all of them (or the ones that seem to look like the right ones).
- Right click on the connection and choose properties.
- In the list of options, choose "Internet Protocol TCP/IP" and click on properties
- Choose to configure the IP yourself
- On your desktop, put in 192.168.0.1 as the IP, 255.255.255.0 for the subnet mask and 192.168.0.1 for the default gateway.
- On the laptop, put in 192.168.0.2 as the IP, 255.255.255.0 for the subnet mask and 192.168.0.2 for the default gateway.
- Then disable the firewall if you have any (nothing will happen because you are connected to your own computer and not to the internet. There is no risk of hacking. Just remember to reactivate it before connecting to the internet).
- XP shouldn't require a reboot after an IP change, but it might prompt you. If it does, then reboot both computers.

From here they should be connected, so if you check your network connections, you should see the other computer's shared folders.
To connect back to the internet, reenable the IP auto-detect, reenable the firewalls and reconnect to the internet.

This should be or is really close to what you need to do. I've done this about 3 years ago, so the memory is a little fuzzy. I have never done this since I got a router.

Answer 2

Jeez... why do people who don't know the answer bother to post. Suckuz.

You NEED the crossover cable if you're connecting directly from one PC to the other, without a switch or a hub between them.

Once connected through the ethernet port, both machines need to have an IP address on the same subnet. For example: 192.168.1.1 on the laptop and 192.168.1.2 on the PC. The subnet mask on each could be 255.255.255.0.

Answer 3

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Answer 4

bith comp must have network adaptor card
use cat5 cable
if u wanna know how to make a cross cable contact me
to tell u the colors

after connecting computers with your cable
u must enbale your local area connection
in my network places> view network connections>local area connection
bye right click and click enable
then u must set Ip adress for both computers
set some : 192.168.0.1
and the other 192.2168.0.10

Answer 5

Both the computer should have Nic cards. Now configure with static ip address For example: 192.168.10.1 on the laptop and 192.168.10.2 on the PC. The subnet mask on each could be 255.255.255.0. and connect cross straight cable and share the directory which you want to access from the computer. And try to login with any user account and share the data Enjoy ...................

Answer 6

I think it's through the cat5 plugs... I helped my sister with it last week, and I'm brain-farting now. Might wanna ask a pro... But I 'm 78% sure it's cat5 cables...

Answer 7

you don't need a cross-over cable to network a laptop and a desktop, any straight-thru CAT5 cable should work.

Answer 8

Plug it into the ethernet card on each computer and then set the tcp/ip settings in the control panel in each of the computers for that connection.

Answer 9

thought the cat5 plugs