help in LAN setup...

[mario_pant]

hi...
i have recently bought an acer laptop...
i have this compaq desktop too... on which i have dataone modem on the network card... now i took off the ethernet chord from the modem and pluged it to my acer laptop... nothing happens.... i mean... how do i transfer files...??? i need to setup a network quick!!! please suggest me anythign!!!!
it (laptop) recognizes the cord though..

[Massacre]

Get a Crosserover cable and connect one end to the Desktop Computer and the other end to the Laptop.

Then install a Proxy server on the laptop, provide the IP Address, you are good to go.

[geekysage]

Here you go:

http://www.thinkdigit.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=32415

http://www.thinkdigit.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=15577

By the way, you would need another ethernet card for your desktop so that you could transfer files as well as share the internet at the same time.