Steve Winograd [MVP]
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Tue Dec 21, 2004 12:11 am Post subject:
Re: can i just connect 2 pc's? |
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In article <B204BD45-A3C7-41A8-B681-3ED7E0D40B47@microsoft.com>,
"chris n daz" <chris n daz@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
| Quote: | I think i may be missing something here, can i just stick a network cable
between my 2 computers' network cards to share stuff?
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Yes. Use a crossover Ethernet cable (which reverses the send and
receive wires between the ), not a regular Ethernet cable. Run the
Network Setup Wizard on both computers, which will make all the right
settings for file and printer sharing.
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