Home Network Question

[reckedracing]

Attempting to tie a 98 tower into an XP laptop to transfer all 2 gigs of data on the old tower to the new laptop

directly connected via ethernet cable between the 2

did something wrong apparently

 

[CRX-YEM]

you need a crossover cable to directly connect between two ethernet ports

 

[reckedracing]

wha? a crossover cable?
can i just use normal cat5 ethernet between the network cards?

 

[posol]

nope.

need a crossover. you can mke your own if you want out of a spare cat5 if you have an extra lying around
LWD - How To Make a Crossover Cable

 

[reckedracing]

oooohhhhh

i'm gonna try using a switch then

 

[reckedracing]

ok, i got a switch, both running straight cable into the switch, still nothing

i know its something retarded i'm not doing right

 

[posol]

did you configure the switch? and give network addresses to the two machines on the switch?

 

[reckedracing]

nope and nope
i have it set to auto
a little advise/help?

 

[Turbo&Auto]

set the ip for 1 pc to 192.168.1.100 and 255.255.255.0 for the subnet mask

then set the 2nd pc to 192.168.1.101 and 255.255.255.0 for the mask

 

[reckedracing]

do i need to do DNS, Gateway, WINS and IP?

 

[posol]

Dhcp

 

[reckedracing]

yea, no idea what that is
lol

so i called my IT office and they helped me, i think...
the TCP/IP protocol was setup for the modem, but not the network card, so i added that, assigned the IP and now its rebooting
2 towers, switch box, one monitor and keyboard, plus a laptop and router
i'm definately getting testicle cancer

 

[Turbo&Auto]

^You should see my work station Lots of Microwave Energy test equipment, didnt slow down my swimmers though

 

[reckedracing]

so now i have network on both machines, but the only computer showing in the network is the one that i'm on...
they don't see each other...
wtf

 

[CRX-YEM]

you need to put them in the same workgroup.

or browse to it by \\192.168.0.101\desktop
or what ever folder your sharing

 

[reckedracing]

well... norton internet security fucked me in the ass

works now
thanks for all the help

 

[posol]

norton: biggest piece of spyware ever made.

delete that shit. get AVG

 

[smarty009]

norton: biggest piece of spyware ever made.

delete that shit. get AVG

+1

 

[Turbo&Auto]

Norton made my computer s l o w Mcafee kills the speed too just not AS bad as Norton.

 

[reikoshea]

wow...this thread made me giggle a bit.

btw, if you woulda had a mac (or 2 mac, preferably) you would have been able to use that normal cable.