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laptop - home Pc no hub
Name: benvine Date: September 9, 2003 at 15:40:01 Pacific OS: xp CPU/Ram: 1.4ghz
Comment:
I have recently accuired a new laptop witch i would like to link to my home pc they both have working network cards in them and i have linked them with a cable both the machines are running on win xp and when i tryed to run the network setup wizard i get the disconnected media message can any one tell me why it dose not let me connect the Pc's the cable works perfectly fine but the wizzard will not accept a direct connection any help welcome ty ben vine
Name: zachary Date: September 9, 2003 at 16:10:44 Pacific
Reply:
are you using a crossover cable?
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Response Number 2
Name: benvine Date: September 11, 2003 at 08:32:07 Pacific
Reply:
Nope its a normal RJ-45 cable i have already checked that. :( any more suggestions
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Response Number 3
Name: Bruce Date: September 17, 2003 at 19:56:07 Pacific
Reply:
If you are not using a Hub/router/switch you will need a crossover cable between the devices. It basically connects the transmit wires from one NIC to the receive wires on the other so data can flow.
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