Is there a way to connect one laptop to another to copy information over, maybe with some sort of magic USB cable or something? Meeting adjourned.
2006-09-25 11:21:45 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Laptops & Notebooks
I am NOT a nerd.
You can't just connect two computers with a USB cable. If the two laptops have a built-in wired networking, then you can connect the two computers with a CROSSOVER Ethernet cable.
(Don't use a regular Ethernet cable.)
Then you use the Windows network wizard on both computers to set up your own peer-to-peer network. You must enable file sharing for your little network.
If both laptops have wireless network cards built-in, you can use the Wireless network wizard to create an Ad-hoc network (i.e. there's no router between the computers).
If one of the computers does not have any network capability built-in, then you can buy a USB to Ethernet device.
2006-09-25 11:30:16 · answer #1 · answered by Balk 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you have IR (infrared) you can send info to another computer sitting across from you with no cable...as for a cable, use cable connection in accessories.
2006-09-25 18:29:01 · answer #2 · answered by XP4ME 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes a hub and 2 ethernet cables and you can set up a primitive network
2006-09-25 21:38:43 · answer #3 · answered by ineedacar 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
http://www.thinkgeek.com/computing/drives/8199/
This cable is probably what you're looking for and if not other options are mentioned in the description.
2006-09-25 19:20:19 · answer #4 · answered by nerdking05 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes
2006-09-26 00:03:20 · answer #5 · answered by csalm87 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
infer red or wireless network would work.
2006-09-25 18:29:19 · answer #6 · answered by Barry G 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋