Internet Sharing

Dreamer · 4th August 2001, 2:46 PM

Im going to share my cable connection between my 2 PCs. Can i just connect them by linking NIC->NIC without hub? Will i need special cable? I was told that i need cross-over cable, will normal cable do?

Thanks

saba · 4th August 2001, 2:59 PM

Yes, unfortunately you will need a specific cable. What you need is a CROSS-OVER cable, which is different to the normal cables. It only costs a few more dollars.

Dreamer · 4th August 2001, 4:20 PM

i see, so with this cable i can connect 2 pcs with nic then. anything else i need to know?

thanks

4th August 2001, 2:46 PM	#1
Dreamer Member Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: sydney Posts: 33	Internet Sharing Im going to share my cable connection between my 2 PCs. Can i just connect them by linking NIC->NIC without hub? Will i need special cable? I was told that i need cross-over cable, will normal cable do? Thanks

4th August 2001, 2:59 PM	#2
saba Evil Vizier Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Melbourne Posts: 2,711	Yes, unfortunately you will need a specific cable. What you need is a CROSS-OVER cable, which is different to the normal cables. It only costs a few more dollars. __________________ i7 920 ; Asus P6T Deluxe ; 12Gb DDR3-1333 ; nVidia 260 GTX powering 230" LCDs ; 315k SAS RAID-0 and 5*1.5TB WD EARS RAID-5 on a Adaptec 5805 ; Windows 2008 Server and Gentoo Linux ; RME Fireface 800 56-channel 24bit/192kHz soundcard

4th August 2001, 4:20 PM	#3
Dreamer Member Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: sydney Posts: 33	i see, so with this cable i can connect 2 pcs with nic then. anything else i need to know? thanks