On Thu, 12 Feb 2004 21:39:19 -0000, "Mark" <me@here> wrote:
You need a crossover cable.
ends, which looks like a big phone plug (it's actually called an "RJ-45"
connector, whereas home telephones
usually have a smaller "RJ-11" connector)....
Look at the wires at each connector. If the same color is
connected to the same pin at each end, then it is not a
crossover cable, it's a patch cable (straight through
connection)
A crossover cable physically has some of the wires
crossed from one end to the other to allow the data to
transmit/receive properly between devices.
The orange, orange/white and the green, green/white wire
are reversed on one end.
The difference between regular and crossover cables:
http://hankfiles.pcvsconsole.com/answer.php?file=327
How to make a crossover cable:
http://www.littlewhitedog.com/reviews_other_00009.asp
Crossover diagram:
http://www.duxcw.com/digest/Howto/ne...ble/cable5.htm
Networking resources
http://www.wown.com/
http://www.practicallynetworked.com/
http://www.carricksolutions.com/networking.htm
http://www.performit.co.uk/network/
http://smallnetbuilder.com/
Step-by-Step - Networking for Dummies
http://www.wown.info/j_helmig/guide.htm
How-to: Simple 2 Computer Network wo/hub
http://www.makeitsimple.com/how-to/simple.htm
The ideal way is to get a router/gateway like D-Link, Belkin, Netgear,
Linksys, etc.
Belkin & Netgear are available at any Staples outlet.) It provides a
firewall on the WAN side to protect your shared files, it will allow you
to share the internet connection, it will negotiate the PPPoE or other
type of IP connection automatically (you don't need ANY connection
software anymore), and doesn't cost much more than a good firewall.
http://www.dlink.com/products/broadband/di604/
http://www.bestbuy.com/detail.asp?e=...=540&scat=1574
http://www.dlink.com/products/broadband/di707/
http://shop2.outpost.com/product/2875924
http://tinyurl.com/a29a
http://tinyurl.com/3y0z
