What cable do I use if I have no HUB/Switch ?

[Quick6]

Hello,
This is for peer to peer. I have 2 NICs in one pc. 1 NIc is occupied with DSL modem and the other is free. The second Pc has a NIC. I dont have a HUB/ switch box but I heard you can use cable to connect them still.

What is better with hub/switch or cable? Also with cabling can i still share my DSL connection?

Thanks all....

 

[Iron Woode]

You could get a cat5 crossover cable to join 2 pc's. Sharing your internet access is possible, but you would need something like ICS (internet connection sharing) to do it.

 

[A2KLAU]

For me personally I have a Netgear Hub, and two Nic cards, What you need to do is get a Cat5 whatever length you need, and it needs to have a crossover bit in the middle of it. You can be sure of it is it crossovered by looking at the head of the RJ45 connectors, they should be exactly the same. You need software to allow for mutlti users to share 1 connection, or set it up manually if youa re a pro, But I personally am not sure how to do it. Use the better card for the DSL, and the not so good one for the LAN. With a better card you should get a better connection, or clearer connection. The LAN does not really matter for speed, because you will only be sending limited data across them.

Hope this helped you out.

Albert.