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Name: rs008f
Date: January 24, 2007 at 00:50:03 Pacific
Subject: Transfer files between two PCs?
OS: Windows XP
CPU/Ram: 3GHz/2GB
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What is the fastest way to transfer files back and forth between two Windows XP/Vista PC? I want to connect two PCs together so programs on one PC can access files on another PC, is this possible?


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Response Number 1
Name: Valerie (by Garibaldi)
Date: January 24, 2007 at 01:15:44 Pacific
Reply: (edit)

Google...

Here's one:

http://computer.howstuffworks.com/h...

Good luck


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Response Number 2
Name: domass
Date: January 24, 2007 at 04:37:10 Pacific
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If these two computers have a unused ethernet card in them you can get a crossover cable and plug it into both ethernet cards. If you have them hooked up to the internet you need to get a router and hook both ethernet cards to the router with a straight through cable. Then hook the router to the internet modem.


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Response Number 3
Name: picohat
Date: January 24, 2007 at 05:55:40 Pacific
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Check out this link:

How to connect 2 computers directly using crossover cable: http://www.home-network-help.com/cr...

Hope this helps..


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Response Number 4
Name: AnnBee
Date: January 24, 2007 at 08:36:53 Pacific
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Try cool program on
http://www.efixpc.com/

-Ann


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Response Number 5
Name: Thomas.Werd
Date: January 24, 2007 at 12:09:48 Pacific
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Take a look at this, more solutions: http://www.ezlan.net/direct.html


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Response Number 6
Name: rs008f
Date: January 25, 2007 at 23:57:58 Pacific
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Can a program from one PC access files on another PC via Pure Ethernet? Referring to files on 1 PC is C:\Windows\ etc. What would be link location like between 2 PCs?


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Response Number 7
Name: rs008f
Date: January 26, 2007 at 03:43:36 Pacific
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Looks like Ethernet is not the fastest way since it's speed is 100MB/s while USB 2.0 is 480 MB/s.


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Response Number 8
Name: rs008f
Date: January 28, 2007 at 18:49:12 Pacific
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Is it true that now Ethernet can achieve 1000 Mbit/s? If this is so then USB 2.0 is slower and I'll rather transfer via Ethernet.


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Response Number 9
Name: picohat
Date: February 2, 2007 at 07:11:31 Pacific
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Yes..the speed of gigabit Ethernet is 1000Mbps, you only need 2 Gigabit network cards to send files between 2 computers.

If these 2 computers sit on a network, then the network switch/router must also can support gigabit Ethernet.

Have fun...


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Response Number 10
Name: rs008f
Date: February 11, 2007 at 23:54:22 Pacific
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I found out a software on one PC can access files on another PC through a networkm the address is \\PC-name\folder-name\


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Response Number 11
Name: rs008f
Date: February 12, 2007 at 00:11:23 Pacific
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For gigabit Ethernet, I read a Cat 5E ethernet cable is recommended over a Cat 5. Crossover cable is already a Cat 5E, I wonder if a Cat 6 will be any better?


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Response Number 12
Name: picohat
Date: February 20, 2007 at 17:33:04 Pacific
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For Gigabit Ethernet support, Cat6 is the best!!



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