 Custom Search Connect 2 Computers Directly Using Crossover CableHow do you connect 2 computers sometimes for file or printer sharing? Ha! You only need 1 crossover cable and 2 network cards.
Plug in network card each to computer and then installing network card driver for each computer. Connect the cable to both computers’ network card. Yap.. we have finished the setup. Here comes the network configuration, let’s create a simple network: Computer A: IP Address: 10.1.1.1 Computer B: IP Address: 10.1.1.2 Since these 2 computers are directly connected, no gateway and DNS servers are needed. Here is step-by-step instructions to assign IP address and other network information in Windows Vista. If you are Windows XP user, here is instruction to set IP address and other network information. After assigning IP address, try to ping the other computer from command prompt, you should be able to ping each other and then sharing printers or files as you wish. Hey.. You have done… :o) If you want to learn more about network cable, check how to differentiate straight and crossover cable here.
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