connectivity

[Lord Choc Obo]

okay so here's the deal, my sister brought her pc here today and she wants me to hook it up with our pc, so I try to make a LAN-network.

but the problem is, it keeps on telling me that the cable is not plugged in, so could someone try and help me out?

[KamisoriX]

Well, first of do you use a Router/Splitter or do you direct connect?
If you direct connect the 2 PCs you need a different kind of cable.
And there was something with a certain IP both PCs gotta have. :D

[Lord Choc Obo]

well unfortunately enough I don't have a router, so I have to direct connect, I have this strange cable with at both ends the same strange round head, so I connected them both to the hole they fit into approxamitelly next to the tv out for the screen.

am I doing it right? :unsure:

[KamisoriX]

L.O.L. ah the n00b mistakes...reminds me in my younger days.
Well, for an direct connect you need a crossover cable and not the regular one. It looks
the same as the regular one but the lines are...you guessed it...crossed over. Then you
need to put in a working IP. They must be identical on both PCs but the last section. For
example:

you have: 123.321.213.01
she should have:123.321.213.02

But it must be a working IP :smartass:

[Lord Choc Obo]

Originally posted by KamisoriX@May 21 2005, 07:52 PM
L.O.L. ah the n00b mistakes...reminds me in my younger days.
Well, for an direct connect you need a crossover cable and not the regular one. It looks
the same as the regular one but the lines are...you guessed it...crossed over. Then you
need to put in a working IP. They must be identical on both PCs but the last section. For
example:

you have: 123.321.213.01
she should have:123.321.213.02

But it must be a working IP :smartass:
thanks kami, now I'm getting somewhere. well the cable says "interconect" all over it, so I think it's a good cable ;) how do I change IP's or check if they're working ones??

but one more thing, what's up with the pc saying that the cable is not connected?

[fineliner]

Originally posted by Lord Choc Obo@May 21 2005, 05:43 PM
I have this strange cable with at both ends the same strange round head
I don't think thats a crossover cable

[Choupolo]

What OS are both PCs? Cos with WinXP its just a case of getting the connection and running network setup. Everything else is automatic.

Of course you have to get a connection first. You have to make sure that your cable is a 'crossover' one like Kami said. Some shops test them for you, but Im guessing if the PCs are saying they arent connected (and you dont get a light coming on next to the ethernet port) then your cable isnt a crossover one. You can get cheap adapters that crossover the wires so you dont need to buy a new cable or anything.

Also the ethernet port is the rectangular one not a round one. Which one is the round one??

[KamisoriX]

can you read german Choc? I dunno how to explain it in english :D

[Lord Choc Obo]

sure kami go ahead, I have two hours of german at school since last year and I had a 1/10 on my last test (damn you passiv times) but still, I can always give it a try.

hmmmmm so I've just taken the wrong cable maybe, but my brother (he's ugly) said that the cable was were I took this cable, so was he maybe wrong or was he just bugging me to show me that he's smarter??, :rant:

anyways, keep the good help coming, who knows maybe I'll get it fixed?? :lol: thanks to you off course ;)

[Lord Choc Obo]

what the freak is freaking wrong with me, OFF COURSE IT CAN'T WORK freaking me :rant:

I should have known when my sister's pc said something about "dual screen" after turning the pc on when I connected the wire, I SHOULD HAVE FREAKING KNOWN WHEN I SAW THE TV OUT AND THE LCD PORTS RIGHT NEXT TO THE ONE I USED


I AM A FREAKING MORONIC NOOB THAT'S TRYING TO MAKE A LAN NETWORK VIA THE GRAPHICS CARD :crybaby: :crybaby: :crybaby: :crybaby: :crybaby:

okay now that's out, I'm gonna need some help now thank you :lol:

I guess I just took the first "black" cable I found, that was what my brother told me to look for, and then I just hooked it up in the holes it fitted into.

I'm a noob, yes I am and I admit it :(

[JMS]

:lol: roflmao :lol:

[TheTeaPot]

Choco..... what kind of internet connection do you have?

[Bucky]

Choc, a crossover cable is just like an ethernet cable that connects into the LAN port on your PC.

Go to your local computer supply store and ask for a crossover cable :)

[TheTeaPot]

i dont know if your dail up or what not so heres a diagram:
CLICKY!
http://img19.echo.cx/img19/2305/srtupbeeotch5gb.th.jpg (http://img19.echo.cx/my.php?image=srtupbeeotch5gb.jpg)

if you dail up you need a crossover cable, which is not a regular ethernet cable, will state crossover on the package. sharing the net through a daisy chain pc is a bit tricky with dial up but i dont know what you have yet.

If you have CABLE or DSL get a cheap rounter around $30 and 3 RJ45 ethernet cables in there respective needed lenghts and follow the diagram.

[Kacperski]

Ppl!! he said round cable!
First, those things are OLD
Second, you need a terminator on a T shaped connector on each end of the wire
Third. 2 cheap ethernet cards (RJ45 connector-the rectangular one), and a few meters of crossover cable shouldn't cost more than 30$. If you have winxp it's mindless work for 30 min (10 if you're a pro :D ).

[Cow]

You could just tell your sister to get over it :D But I wouldn't reccommend that if shes a slapper.

[KamisoriX]

i think the easiest way is to just get a router. no actionman business with IP and nothing.
Just plug it in. :D

[Lord Choc Obo]

ya know what, it seems my brother came home this night :lol: so I'm just gonna let him do whatever he wants to do :lol:

okay thanks everyone, when we will buy a new pc, I'll make sure we also buy a router and some crossover cable, or else just a wireless thingy, that seems even easier then connecting wires :lol:

[KamisoriX]

If you get a router you do not need a Cross over cable. Crossed Cable is only for direct link :D

[Lord Choc Obo]

well then....................;just in case I need a direct link :lol: :lol: