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Laptop Networking

I'm kind of a novice at this, so a little help on my question would go a long way. I have 2 laptops, both with NIC network cards and Ethernet capability installed. My question is, can the two of them be LAN'ed together without a hub using only an RJ-45 cable to connect them? If so, ill need a detailed explanation on how.

johnch1

I've had good luck with a peer-to-peer USB network cable.

See this link for further:

http://www.wown.com/j_helmig/usbmain.htm

johnch1

BTW, www.compgeeks.com has this type of cable available if that's something you're interested in:

http://www.compgeeks.com/details.asp?invtid=VE-AA002NBC-WB

You'll get an extra 10% off your order if you put in code "DEALNEWS" during your order.

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Richl87

Wow, nice stevenlewis.

stevenlewis

thanks Richl87 :~)

electric_donkey

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thanks, stevenlewis... your step by step worked like a charm. I bought the cross over and got it working on XP.

stevenlewis

electric_donkey Glad I could help, now we need you ta accept one of my comments as an answer and grade it, so we can move this to PAQ, and keep the DB clean
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