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Pisces · 09-03-10, 03:12 PM

Connecting 2 computers together used to require a special cable that had the wires crossed. With modern networkinterfaces they automaticaly adjust the connections internally. So that depends on how old your equipment is. It needs to support auto-mdx to make the connection automatically:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medium_dependent_interface

Windows by default assumes there is another device on the network that deals out IP adresses, that protocol is called DHCP. Since neither of your 2 computers does this, and you didn't say there was a router device on the network, you have to define those adresses yourself.

This link explains how you can find those settings (you can ignore steps 5,6 and 7):

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/w...CP-IP-settings

Set on PC-1 the IP adresses (for that particular networkconnection) to

IP: 192.168.2.1 (I chose "2" in the 3rd place because your internet connection might get into conflict)
Subnetmask: 255.255.255.0
Gateway: (leave empty, this 2 computer network is isolated, there is no "doorway to outside" )

You can leave the IP-adresses for the DNS server on automatic. It won't find any dns server because there is none. Anyway you won't need one either for this.

Set on PC-2 the IP adresses (for that particular networkconnection) to

IP: 192.168.2.2 (I chose "2" in the 3rd place because your internet connection might get into conflict)
Subnetmask: 255.255.255.0
Gateway: (leave empty, this 2 computer network is isolated, there is no "doorway to outside" )

You can leave the IP-adresses for the DNS server on automatic. It won't find any dns server because there is none. Anyway you won't need one either for this.

If you then run on each computer a dos-command screen (typ in the startmenu search field: cmd , then click on the link that is found )

in the dos-command window on PC-1 type: ping 192.168.2.2 (followed by the enter-key)

in the dos-command window on PC-2 type: ping 192.168.2.1 (followed by the enter-key)

If all goes wel the text in those windows should say that 4 packets are succesfully returned, like this:

Code:

C:\Windows\System32>ping 192.168.2.1

Pinging 192.168.2.1 with 32 bytes of data:
Reply from 192.168.2.1: bytes=32 time=2ms TTL=64
Reply from 192.168.2.1: bytes=32 time=1ms TTL=64
Reply from 192.168.2.1: bytes=32 time=1ms TTL=64
Reply from 192.168.2.1: bytes=32 time=1ms TTL=64

Ping statistics for 192.168.1.1:
    Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
    Minimum = 1ms, Maximum = 2ms, Average = 1ms

C:\Windows\System32>

If not then please explain what it does say.

If you can find yourself a cheap 4 port router device to connect your computers with then the above can be avoided, and make everything alot simpler.

09-03-10, 03:12 PM	#2
Pisces Silent Hunter Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: AN9771 Posts: 4,892 Downloads: 300 Uploads: 0	Connecting 2 computers together used to require a special cable that had the wires crossed. With modern networkinterfaces they automaticaly adjust the connections internally. So that depends on how old your equipment is. It needs to support auto-mdx to make the connection automatically: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medium_dependent_interface Windows by default assumes there is another device on the network that deals out IP adresses, that protocol is called DHCP. Since neither of your 2 computers does this, and you didn't say there was a router device on the network, you have to define those adresses yourself. This link explains how you can find those settings (you can ignore steps 5,6 and 7): http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/w...CP-IP-settings Set on PC-1 the IP adresses (for that particular networkconnection) to IP: 192.168.2.1 (I chose "2" in the 3rd place because your internet connection might get into conflict) Subnetmask: 255.255.255.0 Gateway: (leave empty, this 2 computer network is isolated, there is no "doorway to outside" ) You can leave the IP-adresses for the DNS server on automatic. It won't find any dns server because there is none. Anyway you won't need one either for this. Set on PC-2 the IP adresses (for that particular networkconnection) to IP: 192.168.2.2 (I chose "2" in the 3rd place because your internet connection might get into conflict) Subnetmask: 255.255.255.0 Gateway: (leave empty, this 2 computer network is isolated, there is no "doorway to outside" ) You can leave the IP-adresses for the DNS server on automatic. It won't find any dns server because there is none. Anyway you won't need one either for this. If you then run on each computer a dos-command screen (typ in the startmenu search field: cmd , then click on the link that is found ) in the dos-command window on PC-1 type: ping 192.168.2.2 (followed by the enter-key) in the dos-command window on PC-2 type: ping 192.168.2.1 (followed by the enter-key) If all goes wel the text in those windows should say that 4 packets are succesfully returned, like this: Code: C:\Windows\System32>ping 192.168.2.1 Pinging 192.168.2.1 with 32 bytes of data: Reply from 192.168.2.1: bytes=32 time=2ms TTL=64 Reply from 192.168.2.1: bytes=32 time=1ms TTL=64 Reply from 192.168.2.1: bytes=32 time=1ms TTL=64 Reply from 192.168.2.1: bytes=32 time=1ms TTL=64 Ping statistics for 192.168.1.1: Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss), Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds: Minimum = 1ms, Maximum = 2ms, Average = 1ms C:\Windows\System32> If not then please explain what it does say. If you can find yourself a cheap 4 port router device to connect your computers with then the above can be avoided, and make everything alot simpler. __________________ My site downloads: https://ricojansen.nl/downloads Last edited by Pisces; 09-03-10 at 04:54 PM.