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HOW TO connect two pc’s directly September 15, 2008

Posted by mahendragr in Uncategorized.
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To connect two PC’s directly, i.e without any router/switch/modem, u need to have a CROSS-OVER cable..which looks pretty much like your ethernet cable but the difference is in the wiring pattern used.

To make ur own cross-over cable u need

1.A pair of RJ-45 connectors

2.Normal twisted pair cable of suitable length (one which is used in normal ethernet cables)

3.crimping tool

These are the color codes for cross-over cable

1.orange-white

2.oranage

3.green-white

4.blue

5.blue-white

6.green

7.brown-white

8.brown

put all these wires (in sequence) from left to right holding the connector upright..place them properly and use a crimper to bind these wires with the RJ-45 connector..

Now, u’ve a cross-over cable ready..

all u need to do now is connect ur pc’s LAN/NIC cards with this cable

and give an IP address to each of them

ex: 192.168.1.10 and 192.168.1.3

make sure that subnet masks of both the PC’s reamain same (typically 255.255.255.0)…..

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1. Aditya Kavoor - September 28, 2008

I would say, go to a computer store near you and buy a PC-PC cable. Job done for 30 bucks :)

2. vaishali - January 21, 2009

how to connect two computers using cross cable with openSUSE environment

3. Aditya Kavoor - January 22, 2009

@ Vaishali

1. Connect the cross cable and assign IPs

2. Install ssh server

3. open terminal — ssh username@IP

4. Accept the RSA key and enter the password

5. This will lead you to a remote terminal

6. You can also use ssh in Nautilus (gnome) or fish in dolphin(kde)

4. tak - February 18, 2009

how do i connect a windows server2003 pc to a windows xp laptop? can i still use crossover cable? what else do i need to configure?

mahendragr - February 18, 2009

Yes u can use a crossover cable…no need for any extra configuration

5. tak - February 19, 2009

thanks so much!!!

6. How to connect 2 computers? - February 24, 2009

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7. aadityaa. - March 21, 2009

hello sir i am ad please infrm to me i connect the 2 pc but no use the cable/hub/router only available in pc to internet so please inform to

8. mahendragr - March 21, 2009

aadityaa…i didnt get ur question!!