Me and a Friend of mine are trying to setup a simple network using just two NICs and a CAT5 cable. We tried connecting the two machines but that but cant seem to get them to see each other. I?ve heard that the cable has to modified to for it to be used in a per to per configuration, if so how is this done? Also my machine wasn?t set up for any type of networking, protocols, settings ect. So I?m not really sure what I have to have done for it to be network ready.
Any info would help thanx.