Networking 2 PC's without Network Hardware

[talkincat]

Ok, here's what I'm dealing with. I just put together a new system, and I'd like to network it with my old system. Each computer has it's own broadband internet connection, so no internet sharing is required, they also each have to NIC's.

I have a crossover cable connecting the two system (each running W2K Pro SP), now I just need to know how to configure the network settings for each system to get the network up and running. I can buy a hub if necessary (though it shouldn't be necessary), but that's just more crap to clutter my livingroom, so I'd like to avoid that if possible.

Any help is appreciated.

Thanks.

 

[gaidin123]

The crossover cable should work just fine for connecting 2 computers together.

All you need to do is give them similar network settings like 192.168.x.x for their IPs, same subnet mask, same gateway though it of course isn't required (but windows might ask for one anyway). So set one to 192.168.0.2 and the other to 192.168.0.3. That should let you do all sorts of TCP/IP stuff (games, file transfers, etc.). 🙂

Gaidin

 

[jbod]

You forgot to tell him what the subnet would be on a 192.168.x.x network. This may be common knowledge to some but not others. Also you can download subnet calculators off the web.

I would use 10.0.0.1 and 10.0.0.2 for the two Ip configured PC's. The subnet is 255.255.255.0

Or you could use NetBEUI and not have to configure the IP addresses. With a crossover cable this might be faster.

I am humble so correct me if I'm wrong...

 

[gaidin123]

<< You forgot to tell him what the subnet would be on a 192.168.x.x network. This may be common knowledge to some but not others. Also you can download subnet calculators off the web.

I would use 10.0.0.1 and 10.0.0.2 for the two Ip configured PC's. The subnet is 255.255.255.0 >>



Doh! That I did...Yes the 255.255.255.0 subnet would work just fine. 🙂

Thanks,
Gaidin