mathieu
Joined: 10 Mar 2006
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 Posted: 03/10/06 - 05:00 Post subject: Cross Over Cable to transfer data from my laptop? |
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Hello. I’m trying to network a pair of laptops (both Dell, both Win XP), but it’s not working. Originally, I thought just plugging them both in with a crossover cable would be enough, that something will just pop up and I will see one laptop from the other as if they were added HDDs. Naive, I know. After hours spent fiddling with network settings, I still can’t get them to see each other, let alone transfer the files I want. Any assistance you have would be appreciated.
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schrupp
Joined: 10 Mar 2006
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| Posted: 03/14/07 - 12:27 Post subject: |
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I’ll try pointing out a couple of obvious things, just in case you missed them. Sorry if you already tried these. One - did you make sure the IP addresses are OK? Subnet mask and gateway the same on both, specific Ips in the right range? Two – assuming you’re using default XP networking (I forget the name), make sure the workgroups are named the same on both machines.
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