connect two computers?

Question

ive got a crossover cable now!so how do i connect my laptop to my old computer?do i turn off the firewall?what do i need to setup?please tell me more details about it

Answer 1

I just did this to two computers here in the house. I have XP, but I don't know what OS you have, so I will tell you as if you have XP.
First, the computer that has the internet running to it first will be your host; the other will be a client. Make sure that you have good connection to your host and it is up and running. Next, insert a NIC card into your host, you will have to open the cover to it and insert it manually. Make sure the NIC is operable and insert any CD that came with it. If you want to make sure the NIC card is ready to go and operable,...after installing the driver (if it was needed) restart the host and right click my computer/properties/hardware and check to make sure the NIC is running properly. If you see a ! or a ? you may have a problem with the installation process. If so, turn of the host, open the cover, and make sure the NIC card is pushed in all the way into the slot. Next, turn the host back on and reinstall the drivers once more. This should conclude any problems with the NIC.

With your internet running to the host from your modem, plug in the crossover cable into the newly installed NIC and run it to your client while having both machines on.

Next, on your host go to start/settings/network connection (please have in mind I am explaining these tasks from the classic menu not the default settings.) If you do not know how to change to classic.....right click start/properties/classic menu/apply/ok. Know that is out of the way... Now in network connections you will see 2 pictures of computers on a LAN, before you connected the crossover you only had one. The picture of the computers with a hand coming from it is the host; the hand symbolizes the server, or you ISP. The other computers symbolize the client you just connected. The client will have a ! and this is normal.

Next, you will set up the host to work on a network, by clicking the network setup wizard/next/next/and then select the first connection method-----this computer connect directly to the internet/next/next/next/next/ and finally the big question??? File and print sharing? I chose not to share my files with the client simply because I don't want the other person seeing my files, but that is up to you and I will let you make that decision on your own.
Click next/next and then wait and you will see little monitors going across your window, just wait........
Next, when done a window will as you to some questions.....chose to Make a network setup disk...seeing that you probably do not have one....then click next. It will ask you to insert a floppy and at this time I please do so. And if you are not sure the disk is formatted do so as well and then download. You will see a window saying Copping....after that please read the window it will tell you what to do with the client when it is time to network it! Click next and click finish and you are done with the host.
Now go to the client and do the same exact thing all over again.........start/settings/network connection/and network setup wizard....when it comes time to insert the disk that you already have made from the host do so, just pick the option Use the disk I already have or something like that. After you click finish....open my computer/floppy/and insert the net setup that is on the floppy. After that you are done. Just restart both computers and you should have the web on both the host and client, if you have difficulties at first click start/settings/network connections/double click one LAN at a time and click the support tab and repair and do this to both LAN's and restart the PC's over again. It should work if not drop a line at [e-mail]

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I also have a Microsoft XP professional CD available for 20$, but it will only work for Dell computers and it does not require a product key code. It will work on as many Dells that you need and they will all have full access to the Microsoft web site for update without a problem. Hope you get the network working...good luck!☺

Answer 2

relies upon the position the pcs are and what connections there are between the pcs. The flat out most inexpensive way is unplug the printer from one workstation and plug it into the different. that is free yet a bore and could not artwork if the printers are miles aside. the subsequent most inexpensive is in the adventure that they are both on an same community. percentage it out from one workstation and on the different workstation connect a community printer. it will be on the IP cope with or call of the printer that does the sharing and would have the call you shared it out as. you want to easily remember to have report and printer sharing on the workstation doing the sharing out and the microsoft sharing customer on the different workstation. Then that is purely a question of putting it up. enable sharing in domicile windows if it become disabled accurate click the printer, choose 'homes' and then the sharing tab. on the different workstation use the 'upload printer' wizard to characteristic a community printer. both pcs might want to be powered up for the only utilising the percentage to print... yet not for the only right away stressed to the printer to print. any opposite direction will value you money. ideas are: Printer change including networking between both pcs community print server (by using then you definitely've spent a lot money a cheap printer will be more cost-effective)

Answer 3

assuming you are using windows machines, connect the cross over cable, run the network setup wizard on both computers by choosing the right set of options and reboot both the machines.
You should be able to see the shared folders on both the comps.

Answer 4

If you have a crossover cable and both computers have ethernet jacks, plug the cable into both computers and set each of the computers with IP addresses and a Subnet Mask. You should use something like:

PC: IP: 192.168.1.1
Laptop: IP: 192.168.1.2
Subnet mask for both: 255.255.255.0

If you are trying to transfer files then share a folder on one computer and try to connect to the computer with the shared folder by opening My Computer and putting

\\"IP address of the computer you are conneting to"

to connect.

Answer 5

Connect the two together. Assign each a static ip in the same range. Put them both in the same workgroup. Right click on a folder and choose 'sharing and security' and set it to allow others to access.