Net working

[danny5]

I have these two PCs and i want to connect them. I have dial up. Is there anything else i need ?
Computer 1
E-Machine----- Gateway
O/S ----------Windows XP Home Edition sp 3 5.1.2600
processor------ x86 Family 15 model 12 stepping o authentic amd 2193 MHz
1/0------------ via ohci complaint ieee 1394 host controller
modem---------- pci solf data fax modem with smartcp
adapter-------- (00000013)1394 net adapter
type----------- Ethernet 802.3
product type--- 1394 net adapter
installed------ yes

computer 2
hp-------- pavilion 061
o/s------- windows xp home spl
modems---- lucent win
irq21----- IEEE 1394 host control this cable
adapter--- pnp device 10 v1394 nic/eo1 800273689
adapter type-Ethernet 802.3
product type-1394 net adapter

Or do you need more information ?
Thanks Danny5

 

[johnwhelan]

You need an Ethernet cable with the connections reversed. Anywhere that sells Ethernet cables should have this type of cable which is non standard or could make one up to connect two PCs.

Cheerio John

 

[poppins122325]

what you need is a "crossover" cable to link just the two together

 

[danny5]

Thanks John & poppins With the Ethernet i will be able to get to the Internet with both PCs ? (At the same time like you can with cable/with router)
Danny5

 

[Stagefright]

Thanks John & poppins With the Ethernet i will be able to get to the Internet with both PCs ? (At the same time like you can with cable/with router)
Danny5

Sadly, no. A dialup connection is way too slow to consider sharing. You will need a broadband connection (dsl or cable) and a router to share an internet connection.

Darrel

 

[whitepass]

The dialup connections would run at half speed but it would work.

 

[johnwhelan]

The dialup connections would run at half speed but it would work.

Whilst it could be done I wouldn't really like to configure this. I'd use one machine to browse the Interenet, save files to a shared folder then copy them across.

Do you have any broadband options? That with a router would be much simpler and one of the nice Linksys ones would give you a fairly solid firewall.

Cheerio John

 

[pommie]

Both computers have wireless cards (Ethernet adapters), why not use those to connect the computers, its known as an 'ad-hoc' network, much tidier than having a cable slung between the two
On the computer with the modem attached you will have to turn on "internet sharing"

Cheers David

 

[AussieNightcrawler]

It would not be that difficult to setup actually, as David said above, you would have "Internet Connection Sharing" enabled on the computer that has the modem attached to it.

But again as Whitepass said, it would be slow if you tried to access the internet at the same time on both computers.

I had the setup a few years ago before I got broadband, I had 3 computers connected together through a port switch or a 'hub' as they are sometimes called.