Re: Network 2000 to XP

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From: Rob Elder, MVP-Networking (relder_at_thisisnotcorrect.com)
Date: 02/14/04


Date: Fri, 13 Feb 2004 23:32:43 -0500

You don't need the wizard. Plug them directly together with a crossover
cable or with a patch cable through a switch. Configure your IP.
192.168.1.10 for one and 192.168.1.11 for the other. Use 255.255.255.0 as a
subnet mask for both. Share a resource and you've got it.

"tjg526" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:14e201c3f283$d1ac3f70$3501280a@phx.gbl...
> We have a Windows XP Computer and a Windows 2000 Laptop. I
> would like to network them, but the Network Setup Wizard
> that I was supposed to run on the Laptop was incompatible
> with Windows XP. WHat should I do?



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