Off Topic - Network two PC's together

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If you are connecting NIC to NIC you need a crossover cable for
the cards to talk to each other. With a straight cable they are both
try to talk and listen on the same pair of wires.

If all you want to do share files and printers setup NETBEUI,
enable file sharing and setup sharing for the disks, folders or files.

If you need the tcp/ip, specify addresses. I think you have to uses
the addresses to communicate. I haven't tried tcp/ip without a
server.


On 27 Nov 01, at 22:45, Troy Funte wrote:

I have a network question.

I'm simply trying to network two PC's together using a
standard CAT5 cable. One is Win95, the other is Win98.
They are not seeing each other.

1. Do I need a cross-over cable as opposed to a
standard patch cable?
2. Do I need to specify an IP address for each PC?
3. I'm assuming I can use Client for Microsoft Windows
and TCP/IP to connect and have these installed on each
PC.

Network Neighborhood doesn't show anything on either PC.

Can anyone help?

Troy



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I have a network question.

I'm simply trying to network two PC's together using a standard CAT5 cable. One is Win95, the other is Win98. They are not seeing each other.

1. Do I need a cross-over cable as opposed to a standard patch cable?
2. Do I need to specify an IP address for each PC?
3. I'm assuming I can use Client for Microsoft Windows and TCP/IP to connect and have these installed on each PC.

Network Neighborhood doesn't show anything on either PC.

Can anyone help?

Troy



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1. Yes. You need a cross-over cable.
2. Yes. Each pc will require an IP number. You can invent your own
numbers since they are not connected anywhere else.
3. Yes. Your assumptions are correct.

If you happen to have an old Laplink cable (serial or parallel) lying
around you can also use direct cable connection to achieve the same
results. You may need to install dialup networking to get this to work.
Its been a while since I played around with it.

Troy Funte wrote:
>
> I have a network question.
>
> I'm simply trying to network two PC's together using a standard CAT5 cable. One is Win95, the other is Win98. They are not seeing each other.
>
> 1. Do I need a cross-over cable as opposed to a standard patch cable?
> 2. Do I need to specify an IP address for each PC?
> 3. I'm assuming I can use Client for Microsoft Windows and TCP/IP to connect and have these installed on each PC.
>
> Network Neighborhood doesn't show anything on either PC.
>
> Can anyone help?
>
> Troy
>
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Or use NetBUEI as the protocol instead of TCP/IP. Then you don't have to
worry about IP addresses, subnet masks, etc.

Rick

> > 2. Do I need to specify an IP address for each PC?
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Troy,


1. Yes, you need a cross over cable.
2. Yes, you need an imp address for each
3. Yes

Dave Cole
Reeder & Kline

-----Original Message-----
From: Troy Funte [mailto:tfunte@...]
Sent: Tuesday, November 27, 2001 10:46 PM
To: Vantage
Subject: [Vantage] Off Topic - Network two PC's together


I have a network question.

I'm simply trying to network two PC's together using a standard CAT5 cable.
One is Win95, the other is Win98. They are not seeing each other.

1. Do I need a cross-over cable as opposed to a standard patch cable?
2. Do I need to specify an IP address for each PC?
3. I'm assuming I can use Client for Microsoft Windows and TCP/IP to connect
and have these installed on each PC.

Network Neighborhood doesn't show anything on either PC.

Can anyone help?

Troy



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You'll need to use static IP addresses, otherwise configure them as you
would for normal network use. Then use a crossover cable to get them to see
each other.

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-----Original Message-----
From: Troy Funte [mailto:tfunte@...]
Sent: Tuesday, November 27, 2001 10:46 PM
To: Vantage
Subject: [Vantage] Off Topic - Network two PC's together

I have a network question.

I'm simply trying to network two PC's together using a standard CAT5 cable.
One is Win95, the other is Win98. They are not seeing each other.

1. Do I need a cross-over cable as opposed to a standard patch cable?
2. Do I need to specify an IP address for each PC?
3. I'm assuming I can use Client for Microsoft Windows and TCP/IP to connect
and have these installed on each PC.

Network Neighborhood doesn't show anything on either PC.

Can anyone help?

Troy



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Troy, I have done this using just NetBuei. Win 9x sometimes does not show
the other pc as you would like. You may have to share the drive or
folder/files you would like to transfer. A crossover cable must be used if
you are not going thru a hub.

-----Original Message-----
From: Troy Funte [mailto:tfunte@...]
Sent: Tuesday, November 27, 2001 9:46 PM
To: Vantage
Subject: [Vantage] Off Topic - Network two PC's together


I have a network question.

I'm simply trying to network two PC's together using a standard CAT5 cable.
One is Win95, the other is Win98. They are not seeing each other.

1. Do I need a cross-over cable as opposed to a standard patch cable?
2. Do I need to specify an IP address for each PC?
3. I'm assuming I can use Client for Microsoft Windows and TCP/IP to connect
and have these installed on each PC.

Network Neighborhood doesn't show anything on either PC.

Can anyone help?

Troy



[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]



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Troy,

Here's the simple setup for doing this.

1. Connect both PCs with a crossover cable or a hub and two straight
cables.

In network properties:
2. Install Client for Microsoft Networks, NetBEUI protocol, and appropriate
network adapter
3. Install File and Print sharing (click File and Print Sharing button and
check at least access to files)
4. In the identification tab give each machine a unique computer name and
assign the same workgroup name.
5. In the sharing tab set to share level access
6. Reboot each machine
7. At the networking password prompt make up a username and optional
password (don't really need one) for each machine.

Then you should be able to share any directory (or printer if installed) by
doing a right-click and sharing on the directory.

Rick