connectivity

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?

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.

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?

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

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

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?

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

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??

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

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?? thanks to you off course ;)

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

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

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