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cables to connect 2 pc´s?????
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Name: zasdfg
Date: April 18, 2005 at 06:18:56 Pacific
Subject: cables to connect 2 pc´s?????OS: winxpCPU/Ram: 256 |
Comment: hi, i want to connect one laptop to another desktop pc that i have, i guess i have to "build" somekind of a network, but never done this.., and im not thinking in wireless,.. can you tell me wich cables can do this? if you could put a screenshot of cables that can do this it would help me more here..to get a better "picture" of what im looking for, cus i have some cables here that i don´t know what they are for.. maybe i have them already.. and its just connect the cables or do i have to do something more?? thanks.
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Response Number 1
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Name: marky81
Date: April 18, 2005 at 06:32:22 Pacific
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Reply: (edit)The slickest way to do it, assuming both PCs have network cards - is to get a network cable called a 'cross over' cable. Wherever you get it from, make sure they don't try to sell you anything else. Not a patch cable, a CROSS-OVER cable. stick one end in your desktop, one end in your laptop, then let the xp networking wizard do the rest.
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Response Number 2
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Name: OtheHill
Date: April 18, 2005 at 06:38:59 Pacific
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Reply: (edit)If you are connected to the internet using a broadband connection I would recommend using a router instead of a crossover cable. Routers come in both wired and wireless versions. The advantages are these. First you can access the internet with either, or both computers without involving the other. Second, a router provides a hardware firewall, which is better protection that a software solution.
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Response Number 4
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Name: XpUser
Date: April 18, 2005 at 06:47:19 Pacific
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Reply: (edit)HI OtheHill, Good morning :-) You wrote Second, a router provides a hardware firewall, which is better protection that a software solution. IMHO it's always better to have both hardware and software FWs. A hardware FW does not block programs from accessing the net without your permission. This is where the software FW prevails. i_XpUser
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Response Number 5
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Name: zasdfg
Date: April 18, 2005 at 07:07:31 Pacific
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Reply: (edit)hi and thanks for the replyes, i have broadband connection, but my problem is the laptop is old, its an old computer that im still using for some work, and i need to tranfer that work to the other computer in a fast way , not floppy disks or recordable cd´s or internet, .. that old laptop, don´t have network card and its running win98 (450 mhz and 32 ram) , still i can use internet on it but whit usb cable.... the desktop pc runs winXp i say i need make tranfers between in a faster wway than floopydisks, cd´s, internet, cus the amount of times that im planning doing this would make it "hard" and useless ...... 1 , so no network card on one pc,..that method fails, 2 , router, don´t know what it is, ..is it cheap? can we find it anywere, any computer store ? is it easy to connect to the 2 pc´s, ..its just connect and we´re ready? or we need to know a litlle more about hardware to make it work? 3 , is there any kind of a usb cable that can do this? and work whit both win 98 and winxp? thanks.
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Response Number 6
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Name: OtheHill
Date: April 18, 2005 at 07:16:00 Pacific
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Reply: (edit)I believe you can transfer files over a USB cable but I have never done it. A router won't help you if you don't have a Network card on the Laptop. Someone else here can probably assist you with USB transfer. Also Serial or Parallel port transfers MAY be possible. I say may, because I am unsure of WinXP's abilities in this regard.
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Response Number 7
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Name: ghimpe--
Date: April 18, 2005 at 07:20:34 Pacific
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Reply: (edit)You will need something like this: http://www.homenethelp.com/web/review/pc-linq.asp It's nice to be important but it's more important to be nice...
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Response Number 8
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Name: XpUser
Date: April 18, 2005 at 07:20:53 Pacific
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Reply: (edit)One of the PCs on the network is a 486 PC with USB adapter and no NIC. I connected it to the network using what is called Broadband USB-Ethernet Adapter or something like that (hey its Monday!). It works just fine. i_XpUser
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Response Number 9
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Name: zasdfg
Date: April 18, 2005 at 07:38:26 Pacific
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Reply: (edit)thanks, i guess it something like that i need and its +/- cheap .... it could be more .. now i just hope it works whit both winXp and win98...
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Response Number 10
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Name: marky81
Date: April 18, 2005 at 08:01:14 Pacific
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Reply: (edit)Just make sure you use the file transfer wizard on the XP machine when you get connected up with your USB cable. Should make it easier.
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Response Number 12
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Name: zasdfg
Date: April 19, 2005 at 09:37:45 Pacific
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Reply: (edit)that drive usb flas/thumb is the pendrives? maybe the other cable is more what i need ..but this pendrives can be really interesting for me..so can you tell me if the transfer of files to and from pendrives are fast? its just like moving a file from a folder to another? or is it more like recordable cd´s where we have to way a little?
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Response Number 15
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Name: lsufan1971
Date: April 28, 2005 at 15:16:33 Pacific
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Reply: (edit)You can use a null - modem cable. It is a female to female 9 pin serial cable. Works the same as a crossover. Your workstation will have a 9 pin comm port and look at the back of the laptop and see if it has the same. You should be able to get a the cable at radio shack. If not by a regular 9 pin serial and get gender male to female gender benders.
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