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How to directly connect two computers with ethernet crossover cable?

ok this is easy enough... first just plug em into eachother, make sure the lights come on when you plug em in... then go to network connections, right click on the blank screen within the window and click on properties... then you should be able to find your network connections somwhere... this may have been on the left in the little navigation tab depending on your version of windows anyways once you find it right click on your local area connection and click properties again, in there scroll down to TCP/IP, if there are two (v4 and v6 then go to v4) once you have clicked that click on properties again and then set your IP on one computer to 192.168.0.1 and the other computer to 192.168.0.2 and set your subnet address to 255.255.255.0 on both computers. then click ok and your done

if you want to test then press window key + R to go to the run window and type cmd, then in command prompt one the 1st computer type ping 192.168.0.2 (the other computers IP) if it comes up with destination host unreachable then somthing is wrong, if it comes up with reply in XXXms and stuff like that then all is good... to share a folder just right click on a folder you want to share tell windows your sure you want to enable sharing and click the tickbox that says share this folder... to view the folder on another computer go back to run (window key + R) and type 192.168.0.X ... X being the IP address of the other computer so 1 or 2... then you should be dont and you should see the folder... if you wanna play games use the TCP/IP option and well ... by now you should know your IP address enjoy

How to setup connect to broadband service

Microsoft Internet Connection Sharing (ICS) enables a computer connected to the Internet via a cable or DSL modem to share its connection with other computers connected to it. It is cheap because of its minimal hardware requirements and fairly straight forward to set up. However it is only suitable for situations with limited requirements.

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Microsoft Internet Connection Sharing is software built into Microsoft Windows 98 SE, Windows 98 ME, Windows XP and Windows 2000. ICS enables a computer connected to the Internet via a cable or DSL modem to share its connection with other computers connected to it via Ethernet cable.

The network can be set up in two ways, depending on the number of computers that need to share the connection.For two computers onlyWhen only one other computer needs to share this connection (as in Figure 1), then Computer #2 can connect directly to Computer #1 using a crossover cable. Note that both computers must have network cards installed.

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Figure 1: Using Microsoft ICS with two computers

Hardware requirements for connection sharing using Microsoft ICS with two computers

1 x network card per computer
Each computer must have a Network Interface Card (NIC) installed.
1 x Ethernet crossover cable
A crossover cable is a type of Ethernet cable wired in such a way that it can connect two computers directly together, removing the need for a hub or switch. The cable must be long enough to connect both PCs together.
1 x broadband modem
The broadband modem is like an ordinary telephone modem except it connects you to a broadband service instead of a dial-up service.
See the Glossary of Broadband Internet Terms for further descriptions of hardware and terms.

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For three or more computers

When more than one other computer needs to share the connection with Computer #1 then you need to use a switch (or hub) (Figure 2). This time the computers are all connected to the switch using standard Ethernet cable.

Figure 2: Using Microsoft ICS with more than two computers

Hardware requirements for connection sharing using Microsoft ICS with three or more computers

1 x switch (or hub)
The switch (or hub) allows all computers on the network to communicate with each other.
1 x network card per computer
Each computer must have a Network Interface Card (NIC) installed.
1 x Ethernet (straight through) cable per computer
Each computer is connected to the switch (or hub) using Ethernet cable. The cable lengths must be long enough to connect all the devices, but should not be longer than 100m.
1 x broadband modem
The broadband modem is like an ordinary telephone modem except it connects you to a broadband service instead of a dial-up service.
See the Glossary of Broadband Internet Terms for further descriptions of hardware and terms.

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