Connecting Lappy n Desk

adi87 · 11-06-2006, 02:28 PM

I have got a desktop ( AMD Athlon XP 2000+ , Asus motherboard ) with a Dlink ethernet card and also an IBM Laptop also with an ethernet card.
I also have a 2 way LAN cable ( i,e the one provided with DATAONE Modem).
Is it possible to connect the Desktop and laptop thru this cable ???
and wht are the IP settings i shud do ?
( i wanna play AOE in multiplayer mode via all this......... )

samrulez · 11-06-2006, 05:10 PM

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Originally Posted by adi87

I have got a desktop ( AMD Athlon XP 2000+ , Asus motherboard ) with a Dlink ethernet card and also an IBM Laptop also with an ethernet card.
I also have a 2 way LAN cable ( i,e the one provided with DATAONE Modem).
Is it possible to connect the Desktop and laptop thru this cable ???
and wht are the IP settings i shud do ?
( i wanna play AOE in multiplayer mode via all this......... )

1st hook up the cable and enter the IP in 1 one system as 192.168.1.1 and 192.168.1.2 in the other and u will be done.....
To be able to share files and access other drives..
Right click on the drive and enable sharing.....ad u will see a hand under each drive........

adi87 · 11-06-2006, 11:36 PM

Hey the problem is tht i get the message

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The network cable is unplugged.....

please help me with this........

**kalpik** · 12-06-2006, 08:15 AM

^^ That's because you need a cross cable, not the straight cable provided by dataone.

gary4gar · 12-06-2006, 08:41 AM

whats the diff in cross over cable & straight cable

mediator · 12-06-2006, 11:31 PM

The difference is straight cable is just a bunch of 2 or more cables in which the start and end of the wire connect to the same segment like read port of one pc to read port of another pc!

A crossover on other hand has the wires connected in a crossover manner like wire connecting read port to write port etc. Thats why it is also called a null modem.