Pls help me start a network!

11 May 2007 3:55 PM

Arun Balaji

Hi i have a Winxp home with 256 mb ram and a laptop with win vista premium.
I have ethernet cards in both of them and a cable connecting them too but i
don't know how to setup the network.Any help would be appreciated.Thanks

11 May 2007 6:16 PM

Jim

"Arun Balaji" <ArunBal***@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:98E10C81-6A32-47CB-ABA0-F13D65479F38@microsoft.com...
> Hi i have a Winxp home with 256 mb ram and a laptop with win vista
> premium.
> I have ethernet cards in both of them and a cable connecting them too but
> i
> don't know how to setup the network.Any help would be appreciated.Thanks

This is called an Ad-Hoc network. Help & Support is your friend.

Not just any old ethernet cable will work. You need the one which has the
correct pin connections for an Ad-Hoc network.

Jim

11 May 2007 7:13 PM

Steve Winograd [MVP]

In article <Vp21i.21139$JZ3.18***@newssvr13.news.prodigy.net>, "Jim"
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>"Arun Balaji" <ArunBal***@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>news:98E10C81-6A32-47CB-ABA0-F13D65479F38@microsoft.com...
>> Hi i have a Winxp home with 256 mb ram and a laptop with win vista
>> premium.
>> I have ethernet cards in both of them and a cable connecting them too but
>> i
>> don't know how to setup the network.Any help would be appreciated.Thanks
>
>This is called an Ad-Hoc network. Help & Support is your friend.
>
>Not just any old ethernet cable will work. You need the one which has the
>correct pin connections for an Ad-Hoc network.
>
>Jim

I think you're referring to a "crossover" Ethernet cable, which is
usually needed to connect two computers directly to each other. Some
recent computers can connect to another computer using a regular
Ethernet cable as well as a crossover cable.

The term "Ad-hoc" applies to a wireless network connection between two
computers, not to a wired network connection.

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11 May 2007 10:51 PM

Jim

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> In article <Vp21i.21139$JZ3.18***@newssvr13.news.prodigy.net>, "Jim"
> <j.n@nospam.com> wrote:>
>>"Arun Balaji" <ArunBal***@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>>news:98E10C81-6A32-47CB-ABA0-F13D65479F38@microsoft.com...
>>> Hi i have a Winxp home with 256 mb ram and a laptop with win vista
>>> premium.
>>> I have ethernet cards in both of them and a cable connecting them too
>>> but
>>> i
>>> don't know how to setup the network.Any help would be appreciated.Thanks
>>
>>This is called an Ad-Hoc network. Help & Support is your friend.
>>
>>Not just any old ethernet cable will work. You need the one which has the
>>correct pin connections for an Ad-Hoc network.
>>
>>Jim
>
> I think you're referring to a "crossover" Ethernet cable, which is
> usually needed to connect two computers directly to each other. Some
> recent computers can connect to another computer using a regular
> Ethernet cable as well as a crossover cable.
>
> The term "Ad-hoc" applies to a wireless network connection between two
> computers, not to a wired network connection.
> --
> Best Wishes,
> Steve Winograd, MS-MVP (Windows Networking)
>
> Please post any reply as a follow-up message in the news group
> for everyone to see. I'm sorry, but I don't answer questions
> addressed directly to me in E-mail or news groups.
>
> Microsoft Most Valuable Professional Program
> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com

Yes, I was refering to a cross over cable (but could not remember the name
right off).

I thought that Ad-Hoc networks meant any way to connect two computers to
each other regardless of method (without connecting via a router or to the
internet).

Jim

12 May 2007 12:17 AM

Steve Winograd [MVP]

In article <wr61i.2325$LR5.1***@newssvr17.news.prodigy.net>, "Jim"
<j.n@nospam.com> wrote:

>Yes, I was refering to a cross over cable (but could not remember the name
>right off).
>
>I thought that Ad-Hoc networks meant any way to connect two computers to
>each other regardless of method (without connecting via a router or to the
>internet).
>
>Jim

That could be, Jim, but I haven't heard the term "Ad-Hoc" used in
wired networking.

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Best Wishes,
Steve Winograd, MS-MVP (Windows Networking)

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12 May 2007 4:29 AM

Arun Balaji

well guys i am still in the dark abt connecting my pc and my laptop and as
far as the wire is concerened,I don't know much abt it but I think the wire i
have will work just fine(well atleast that's what the shopkeeper said!)Anyway
give me step-by-step instructions on how to setup the network.Help and
Support is too confusing.Pls advice.

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"Steve Winograd [MVP]" wrote:

> In article <wr61i.2325$LR5.1***@newssvr17.news.prodigy.net>, "Jim"
> <j.n@nospam.com> wrote:
> >Yes, I was refering to a cross over cable (but could not remember the name
> >right off).
> >
> >I thought that Ad-Hoc networks meant any way to connect two computers to
> >each other regardless of method (without connecting via a router or to the
> >internet).
> >
> >Jim
>
> That could be, Jim, but I haven't heard the term "Ad-Hoc" used in
> wired networking.
> --
> Best Wishes,
> Steve Winograd, MS-MVP (Windows Networking)
>
> Please post any reply as a follow-up message in the news group
> for everyone to see. I'm sorry, but I don't answer questions
> addressed directly to me in E-mail or news groups.
>
> Microsoft Most Valuable Professional Program
> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com
>

12 May 2007 8:03 AM

Steve Winograd [MVP]

In article <98E10C81-6A32-47CB-ABA0-F13D65479***@microsoft.com>, Arun
Balaji <ArunBal***@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

>Hi i have a Winxp home with 256 mb ram and a laptop with win vista premium.
>I have ethernet cards in both of them and a cable connecting them too but i
>don't know how to setup the network.Any help would be appreciated.Thanks

If you have a home broadband router, connect each computer's Ethernet
card to the router with a regular Ethernet cable. Otherwise, connect
the Ethernet cards to each other using a crossover Ethernet cable.

Run the Network Setup Wizard (in Start > All Programs > Accessories >
Communications) on the XP computer.

Follow these steps on Vista:

File and Printer Sharing in Windows Vista
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/network/evaluate/vista_fp.mspx

Please post a follow-up message with any questions after you've done
those things.

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Steve Winograd, MS-MVP (Windows Networking)

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12 May 2007 2:42 PM

Jack (MVP-Networking).

Hi
The best way to form a Network would depend on whether you need Internet
sharing too, and if such is the case what type of connection you have.
However, If you just want to network the two computers, connect them with
crossover Cat5e cable (available in most computer stores), and configure the
two computers for File and Printer Sharing.
Successful Sharing involves some general consideration in Network settings,
http://www.ezlan.net/sharing.html
As well as specific adjustment of each computer according to what it is
allowed to be shared.
Vista File and Printer Sharing-
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/network/evaluate/vista_fp.mspx
Basic XP -
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/winxppro/maintain/filesharing.mspx
Printer Sharing XP -
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/networking/expert/honeycutt_july2.mspx
Windows Native Firewall setting for Sharing XP -
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/875357
Windows XP patch for Sharing with Vista -
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/922120
Jack (MVP-Networking).

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"Arun Balaji" <ArunBal***@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:98E10C81-6A32-47CB-ABA0-F13D65479F38@microsoft.com...
> Hi i have a Winxp home with 256 mb ram and a laptop with win vista
> premium.
> I have ethernet cards in both of them and a cable connecting them too but
> i
> don't know how to setup the network.Any help would be appreciated.Thanks