I have four computers on a router connected to 10/100 cards on each machine. Two machines also have giganet NICs which I would like to use for transferring files between eachother. The machines are next to eachother and I use them for working on video. Transferring over the router just takes too long (files are 3-7gigs each). Is there a way to designate the giganet connection for this? The connection is already in place and working according to Network Connections. One machine is running Win2k Pro the other WinXP Pro. Thanks for any help!

I'm interested is knowing if there is a way to do this. In the meantime, I think a work around is to right click on the Network Connections' connection to the router and disable it (on each machine). This should leave you with just one network of the two video machines. Terry

Yeah, you can do that. Run a Cat5e crossover cable between the two gigabit NIC's. Specify ip addresses for those two nics of a different subnet. If your current network is 192.168.0.X, use 192.168.1.1 and 192.168.1.2, etc. Finally, you need change your routing table on both computers to assign a lower cost to the gigabit adapters to ensure each will try to use that interface first and then use their 10/100 NIC's. "People! Take to the streets and scream, 'BE REASONABLE!!!'"

If your gigabit is 1000TX there is a little note. To get gigabit speeds you can't use an ordinary crossover cable. You need a four-pair crossover, otherwise it will be running only at 100Mbs.

Thanks guys, I'll go the routing table method. Does anyone have a diagram of the 1000TX pairings so I can make a new crossover cable?