Con nnect two comp puter using a rs cros ssove cab er ble

If you ne to conn eed nect two co omputers bu you don''t have acce to a network and can't ut ess set up an ad hoc ne etwork, you can use an Ethernet crossover cable to create a direc u a t ct cable co onnection. Generall speaking, a crossover cable is constructed by revers ly d sing ("crossing over") t the order of the wires inside so th it can co f i hat onnect two computers directly. A crossover s cable loo almost exactly like a regular Ethernet ca oks e able (a "stra aight-throu ugh" cable), so , make su you hav a crossov cable be ure ve ver efore follow wing these s steps. Before buying a cro b ossover cab check your networ adapter. Some new network ble, y rk wer k adapters automatic s cally "cross over" when they dete that they are conne n ect ected directly to anoth network adapter us her k sing a regu Etherne cable. ular et

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1. Plug each en of the cr P nd rossover ca able into a n network port on the ba of each ack h co omputer. 2. On one of th compute that is ru O he ers unning this version of Windows, do the s f fo ollowing: Open Netwo and Sha O ork aring Center by clicking the Start button , clicking g Control Pane clicking Network an Internet, and then clicking Network and C el, nd , Sharing Center. S 3. In the netwo map at the top of Network an Sharing Center, double-click the n ork nd Unidentified network ic U con. (If you have more than one network, th icon will be e his l la abeled Mult tiple networ rks.) 4. If network discovery an file shari are turn off, in N f d nd ing ned Network, cl lick the In nformation bar contain ning the fol llowing mes ssage: "Net twork disco overy and fi ile sh haring are turned off. Network co t omputers a devices are not vis and s sible. Click t to change...," and then click Turn on network d a n discovery an file sharing. nd If you are prompte for an ad ed dministrator password or confirmation, type the password r or provide co onfirmation n. 5. In the Netwo discove and file sharing dia n ork ery alog box, se elect one of the follow f wing options: o No, make the ne m etwork that I am conn t nected to a private net twork o Yes, turn on net t twork discov very and fille sharing f all public networks for c The first opt T tion is usually the best choice bec t cause it onl affects th network that ly he k you are conn nected to.

Notes

Networks cre N eated with crossover cables are a c automatically set up a "Public place" as networks, which means that netw w s work discove ery, file sha aring, and p printer shar ring efault. are off by de For Gigabit Ethernet or token ring networks, you will ne a slight different E r eed tly t kind of cross sover cable For more information contact a cable manufacturer. e. n,