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Doyle2727
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_ 		7. February 2009 @ 22:06 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Hey guys.. i need help connecting a friends laptop to my PC. ive tried networking them but i have no idea what i am doing and every attempt i made resulted in nothing happening lol.

im running windows XP Home (SP2 [i think]) and my friends laptop has Windows XP Pro (SP3)

a quick step by step guide will be very appreciated :)

an easy to understand one preferbly heh heh

thanks in advance for any help
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Doyle2727
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_ 		7. February 2009 @ 22:08 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
also im connected up by a LAN cable
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vballstud
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_ 		7. February 2009 @ 22:15 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Are you trying to just plug the two computers up directly or are you going through a hub/router/switch?
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Doyle2727
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_ 		7. February 2009 @ 22:19 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
directly i guess.. i dont have a router :(

thats why im using a LAN cable.. its the cable i usually use to connect my xbox360 with
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vballstud
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_ 		8. February 2009 @ 00:40 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
You can't do that. You need a special crossover cable in order to connect computers directly... without a hub/router/switch.
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dailun
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_ 		8. February 2009 @ 01:42 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
And then you'll need to change the Network addressing from DHCP (probably what you're using) to static IP addressing, making sure that both addresses are in the same subnet.

Get your crossover cable (or hub) first. Without that nothing else matters.
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Doyle2727
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_ 		8. February 2009 @ 09:03 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
is this crossover cable a RJ45 cable? because its the same one i use for my 360.. i was told that i couldnt use one to connect my xbox 360 up to xbox live.. but strangely enough it works. admittedly though it's not a brilliant connection lol but i still play online with hardly any interuptions :)

so is this cable still alright to use?
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Doyle2727
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_ 		8. February 2009 @ 10:56 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
problem solved now anyways. thank you anyway :)
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vballstud
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_ 		8. February 2009 @ 12:31 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Originally posted by Doyle2727:
 is this crossover cable a RJ45 cable? because its the same one i use for my 360.. i was told that i couldnt use one to connect my xbox 360 up to xbox live.. but strangely enough it works. admittedly though it's not a brilliant connection lol but i still play online with hardly any interuptions :)

so is this cable still alright to use?

http://compnetworking.about.com/od/netwo...f_crossover.htm
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