Re: Cross cable in Windows XP pro computers?

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From: Ken Blake (kblake_at_this.is.an.invalid.domain)
Date: 08/02/04 

Date: Mon, 2 Aug 2004 16:59:50 -0700

In news:eus1CiOeEHA.592@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl,
David H. Lipman <DLipman~nospam~@Verizon.Net> typed:

> Get a Ethernet hub or Ethernet switch and connect the PCs the
proper
> way !

Nonsense. What you suggest is a complete waste of money.When
you're dealing with only two computers, there is *no* difference
between using a crossover cable or a hub and regular cat5 cables.

There are many possibilities for what might be wrong in his case.
The use of crossover cables is *not* one of them. 

-- 
Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User
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> "Root" <nospamhungkh@yahoo.com> wrote in message
> news:cemgek$ivn$1@reader01.singnet.com.sg...
>| Hi I connected up 2 Win XP computer with a cross cable to the
>| network card. I am unable to see the comuter shares either
way. The
>| XP firewall was disabled. Plse help. Thanks a lot!
>|
>| Hung

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