can you connect two computers together with an Ethernet cable to create a home network?

Question

I want to share an internet connection and files from each hard drive of the two computers.I connected them with an ethernet cable but I can not get them to reconise each other one is a laptop that has a wireless internet connection (DSL) and the desk top has a dial up internet connection. please help me

Answer 1

Yes. It's generally done with a crossover cable. You can probably find specific directions with your Windows guide. It differs from one operating system to another, but you can fairly easily get two computers to recognize each other.

Answer 2

Connect both of them and run the Network Setup Wizard... tell it it's a Peer-to-Peer (Ad Hoc) Network. Follow the on screen directions and at the end make sure to say Yes to File/Printer Sharing. On the laptop, you're gonna have to enable ICS (internet connection sharing) so the PC can use the DSL.

Answer 3

Put quite simply, yes. However you will need a crossover cable. This is unless you plan to invest in a router.

Answer 4

WTF does Time Warner have do do with instantaneous networking? month-to-month fee? They tried to sell you the farm. in case you purely have the two desktops, you're able to do "advert-hoc" networking. in case you have the two desktops and a router, then you definately can hook them the two to the internet, despite in case you have DSL or cable, and Time Warner would not could desire to keep in touch in any respect. They bought you a gaggle of crap - they prey on novices by advertising y'all stuff you do no longer prefer. in case you purchase the instantaneous hardware, you do no longer could desire to pay Time Warner one pink cent to establish abode instantaneous networking. they are in all probability attempting to strengthen the fee of your provider indefinitely for hardware that they are procuring as quickly as... it is the hustle. As on your cable length, the max, by the specification for cat5, is a hundred meters.

Answer 5

hello
to share 2 computers & there files all you do is use yahoo messenge on the 2 computers and send files over by the pm transfer from pc 1 to pc 2 or use msn same thing or windows messenger just login 1 id on pc 1 and id 2 on pc 2 then add the friends list and send files that what you do ... now to set up a router and a wireless network do this


hello

you conncet the ethernet cable to the back of the router on the port that is marked ethernet then you take the other end of the cable to the ethernet card on on the back of your pc you conncet it to the port marked ethernet

then you conncet the other cable to the back of the ruter port that is marked DSL then you take that cable to the fillter box conncet it to the port marked on the fillter marked DSL
then you conncet the filter cable box to your phoneline box
conncet the power cable to the router and put the power on
now you put in the cd driver that came with your router
and you install the network drivers
now you need to set up a network id & password on the router
you will be told how to do all that when you install the drivers & software for the router
when you have install the drivers and software fo r the router
your need to restart the pc
when your back at the desktop
you will see a network icon in the taksbar by the pc time
if it has a red X on it right click it and click on enable
if you dont see a network icon in the taskbar
click on start/control panel
click on
network and internet connections
icon
then click on network connections icon
now right click the
local Area connection
icon and click on properties
tick the box
show icon in notification ares when connected
tick the box
notify me when this connection has limited or no connectivity

now click on
then authentication tab at the top

tick the box
enable IEEE 802.1x authentication for network
tick the box
authenticate as computer when infomatiion is available
then right click
local Area connection
and click on enable
now your router internet will log online with in 45 seconds
when your router is online you conncet your phoncable to the filter marked
phone

now when your router is online

then you need to get in the router home page and click on the wireles lan icon
and you set up a network id for the laptop
and a security wpa key not a wep key dont use that one use wpa key
then you put a wireless usb adapter on the laptop you install the network drivers on the laptop for the wireless usb
then you click on the network icon in the taskbar by the time on the laptop right click on it go to properties then you click on view wireless networks then you click on advanced tab you put in the network id and security key that u set up on the router home back then you click apply & ok then you click on view wireless network's your see your network id click on that then click on conncet


if you have a wireless card in the laptop just

click on the network icon in the taskbar by the time on the laptop right click on it go to properties then you click on view wireless networks then you click on advanced tab you put in the network id and security key that u set up on the router home back then you click apply & ok then you click on view wireless network's your see your network id click on that then click on conncet

if you cant set that up
if your network cuts out at any time just right click the network icon by the pc time
and click on repair that is on the 2 computers you can do this then windows xp will repair the
network for you and it dont take long at all

your be better off if you get you (isp)server to help you set all that up

Answer 6

One thing about network sharing, you need to take care of firewalls and/or antivirus settings on your pc...

just for testing purpose, disable both of them for a short while on both systems. and test.

Answer 7

you attach each computer to each end of the cable using bubble gum.. It works everytime

Answer 8

cuite

Your lack of punctuation annoys me.