Re: Connecting 2 laptops on Windows XP

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Connecting them via a crossover cable is easy - it's the rest that's
somewhere between difficult and impossible. :-)

But seriously, with a router in the equation, you put the router into the
network as the first device after your cable/DSL/whatever modem. (I doubt
the device you already have is actually a router, if it were you could hook
both PCs up to it and your problems would be over.) Then each PC hooks up
to the router. At that point the router handles network access between the
two computers, and between each computer and the Internet. The computers
will be given appropriate IP addresses by the router, about all you should
have to do at that point is check File and Printer Sharing settings or run
the Network Setup Wizard on both computers.

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"robby robby roo roo" <robbyrobbyrooroo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in
message news:760CDDFC-E1B4-4409-864B-E791F0B6464C@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>I am connecting to the Internet on a Broadband connection using a separate
> router. I have managed to physically connect the two laptops which shows a
> connection in Network Places. I have not been able to access the Internet
> from the second laptop. I have been through the newtork wizard several
> times
> and have not received any error messages.
>
> I don't think getting a cheap router would ease my problems, I think it
> would just make it worse! Surely it should be easy to connect two machines
> using a cross over cable?
>
> "Richard G. Harper" wrote:
>
>> Lots more details needed. What kind of Internet connection/device do you
>> have? What have you tried, what has or has not worked? What error
>> messages
>> have you seen?
>>
>> Anyway, I'd recommend you quit while the quitting is good, get a cheap
>> router, and hook everything up to that instead.
>>
>> --
>> Richard G. Harper [MVP Shell/User] rgharper@xxxxxxxxx
>> * PLEASE post all messages and replies in the newsgroups
>> * for the benefit of all. Private mail is usually not replied to.
>> * My website, such as it is ... http://rgharper.mvps.org/
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>>
>>
>> "robby robby roo roo" <robby robby roo roo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> wrote
>> in message news:8F926236-CA7E-4853-8220-A50872A7D5A1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> >I want to connect two laptops running Windows XP so as to share a
>> >broadband
>> > Internet connection.
>> >
>> > I am using a cross over cable. Can anyone help? Thank you
>>
>>
>>


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