View Full Version : Directly connecting two computers?
MagMan5446
06-27-2004, 01:01 PM
I have two computers that I want to connect, we have a serial cable connecting both but im kinda stuck. Anybody ever do it before?
Beemer
06-27-2004, 01:08 PM
You need a nic card in both, then use a cross over cat 5 rj45 cable.
That will make them networked and they should be able to see or talk to each other.
What OS is on them?
Add.......could just use a router to
brianlojeck
06-28-2004, 12:25 AM
If you want to do it through the serial ports... (wow, it's been a LONG time since I've done that...) I recall you can't do it with a standard serial cable, and you need a NULL MODEM CABLE instead.
That's really slow though.
If they both have USB there is a kit you can buy that will network them through their USB jacks.
If they both have Network cards the easiest thing to do is pick yourself up a CROSSOVER ETHERNET CABLE (what the previous poster is talking about) and they should see each other over the network.
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