I realise the best and fastest way to connect two computers directly is using ethernet or a special USB cable or whatever, but I don't have any of that to hand right now and I need to do this now.
I have a regular phone cable, can't I just plug this cable into each of the dial-up modem ports on each computer and share files, etc between the two computers this way?
2006-07-16 07:57:46 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Computers & Internet ➔ Computer Networking
And if so, then how? I've tried the New Connection wizard in windows and everything.
2006-07-16 07:58:27 · update #1
Sorry the title should read 'two', not 'to'.
2006-07-16 08:09:31 · update #2
no. If you joined two actual telephones together with a bit of phone wire you couldn't phone yourself up with it. Computers use phone wires to make actual phone calls to each other. That's actual, normal, audible voice calls. It's just that their conversation consists of meeeep SCREEEEEEE and so on.
If they both have ethernet ports (RJ45 ports, network ports, whatever) you can join them with a crossover cable. That is NOT the same as a normal network cable. It will be labled "crossover" or it isn't one. That's the easy way to do it. Or USB or other serial cable type stuff.
2006-07-16 08:02:17 · answer #1 · answered by wild_eep 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
That's unfortunately true. If you have 2 serial ports on your pc's, though, you can use those. you can even use that phone cable, but you'd have to snip the ends off and strip the little wires back about a half an inch maybe a little less, and I THINK you could connect your 2 PC's together. you'd have to swap pins 2 and 3, though, i think. and then you'd have to transfer your files via xmodem in hyperterm. i did something like this once to a cisco router, and it basically worked although it was so slow i found the right cables while i was waiting for my file transfer. in any case, good luck.
2006-07-16 15:09:00 · answer #2 · answered by tricyrtis 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
YES but its very very slow and you need special software and I remember was called Kermit.
this was actually the original basis of the Internet before packet switching protocols (ie Ethernet) came in and it really took off.
its called Kermit for 2 reasons:- its slow and it croaks regularly (ie.e dies on you)
expect a max of 16k when doing this as you will be using 2 standard modems not network modems if files are large its still quicker to install Ethernet cards in both and cable up or even install wireless cards and do a wireless to wireless exchange. (I've been doing wireless to wireless exchanges for 7 years now (and before you say it wasn't invented then yes it was by apple and called airport)
2006-07-16 15:10:13 · answer #3 · answered by moikel@btinternet.com 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Nope. A computer can't connect that way.
Back before the price of networking was cheap, we used to play computer games using a serial cable. You can use phone cable to build one. You'll need to know how to solder too.
2006-07-16 15:07:13 · answer #4 · answered by cmriley1 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You need to set up a peer to peer network. Try the following website. It has information on how to do this.
http://www.techsoup.org/learningcenter/networks/page1514.cfm
2006-07-16 15:05:58 · answer #5 · answered by tmills883 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you should just get a jump drive and move whatever you need on it, then plug it into the other computer
2006-07-16 18:38:53 · answer #6 · answered by Kyle K 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, it is possible, but it won't be very fun to set up or use.
2006-07-17 01:24:08 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋