Connecting Laptop to PC
24 October 2002, 02:43 PM
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Get yourself to Maplins or similar and buy yourself a null modem cable (long lead with a male parallel port on each end). Connect the machines to each other. Go to Start>Programs>Accessories>Communications >Network & dial-up connections> Double-click on 'Make a new connection'. Thi'll start a wizard so just follow the steps.
I've had varying degrees of success with this (Win '98 - tore my hair out, XP was better) so no promises. If you do have a complete sense of humour failure, you might just end up buying Laplink, PC Anywhere or similar.
Best of luck.
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I've had varying degrees of success with this (Win '98 - tore my hair out, XP was better) so no promises. If you do have a complete sense of humour failure, you might just end up buying Laplink, PC Anywhere or similar.
Best of luck.
Cheers
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24 October 2002, 02:47 PM
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Have both machines got network card/ports in them? If so, just buy yourself a crossover cable (about £7 from PC world, so cheaper anywhere else) and connect 'em up. Set the IP address of one PC's network card to 192.168.0.1, and the other PC's IP to 192.168.0.1 - and bob's your Aunty's live-in lover, they'll be connected. 
24 October 2002, 02:52 PM
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Set the IP address of one PC's network card to 192.168.0.1, and the other PC's IP to 192.168.0.1
Try 192.168.0.1 and something different - like 192.168.0.2
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24 October 2002, 03:48 PM
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Bugger. Cut & paste error (the developer's most powerful tool for propogating errors throughout a system).
But you're right - "that's a hardware problem"
<walks away to get some fizzy pop and doughnuts>
But you're right - "that's a hardware problem"
<walks away to get some fizzy pop and doughnuts>
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DHCP - It will automaticaly allocate an IP address.
Right click netowrk properties, go to TCP/IP settings and u can set the IP address from here.
[Edited by Vinesh - 10/24/2002 7:25:37 PM]
Right click netowrk properties, go to TCP/IP settings and u can set the IP address from here.
[Edited by Vinesh - 10/24/2002 7:25:37 PM]
25 October 2002, 01:08 PM
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DHCP - It will automaticaly allocate an IP address
If you're using Win2K, enable internet connection sharing and that machine will be set to be 192.168.0.1 automatically, and anything plugged into the same network will be assigned 192.168.0.X... (it forces the machine with ICS to act as a DHCP server too)
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