Networking laptop with other machine.

Advice pleas chaps and lasses, I'm after networking my laptop and tower together, I've tried it a few time but can't get the laptop to recognise my tower, I've connected the two with an ethernet cable via the ethernet cards and gone through the motions but nothing happens. Both machines are turned on but like I say nothing hapens, any ideas folks?

[Druchii]

Are you using a crossover cable?

[Paul K]

Gone through the motions?

[JMcB]

Buy a wee cheep Hub.

Nidge - first - if you connected them directly together you'll need a crossover cable - else you'll need a switch or something similar.

Next - you'll need to set static IP addresses on your NICs. When you have done that - try and ping the two IP addresses from the laptop / machine.

Once you have got that far that us know!

---------- Post added at 11:41 ---------- Previous post was at 11:41 ----------

Originally Posted by Paul

Gone through the motions?

*Parp*

Originally Posted by Druchii

Are you using a crossover cable?

No just a normal ethernet cable I got with an old router.

---------- Post added at 22:15 ---------- Previous post was at 22:13 ----------

Originally Posted by lsainsbury

Nidge - first - if you connected them directly together you'll need a crossover cable - else you'll need a switch or something similar.

Next - you'll need to set static IP addresses on your NICs. When you have done that - try and ping the two IP addresses from the laptop / machine.

Once you have got that far that us know!

---------- Post added at 11:41 ---------- Previous post was at 11:41 ----------



*Parp*

Ah so I need a crossover cable? I thought a normal ethernet cable would have been suffice.

[Wicked_and_Crazy]

Originally Posted by Nidge

No just a normal ethernet cable I got with an old router.

dont need a cross over cable if using a router

do need a cross over cable or cross over adaptor and straight through cable if not use a router

[popper]

No just a normal ethernet cable I got with an old router

NTL/BB<===>tower-netcard1
laptop-netcard1<===>switch/AP<===>tower-netcard2

set the tower-netcard2 to 192.168.0.1
set the tower-netcard1 to auto
set the laptop to 192.168.0.2


<===> equals straight through cable
<=x=> equals cross-over cable or adaptor , not needed if you have the router/switch/AP as thats the x-over bit.

OHH router not the older kit.....

so its

NTL/BB<===>router-WAN-port
tower<===>router LAN-port1
laptop<===>router LAN-port2

Originally Posted by Wicked_and_Crazy

dont need a cross over cable if using a router

do need a cross over cable or cross over adaptor and straight through cable if not use a router

I just want to wire them together so I can swap files from my laptop to my tower, they are sat at the side of each other so a crossover cable would be ok, the router is right at the front of the house, not enough cable to do that.

[popper]

laptop-netcard1<=x=>tower-netcard1

laptop 192.168.0.2
tower 192.168.0.1
just do it......

Originally Posted by popper

laptop-netcard1<=x=>tower-netcard1

laptop 192.168.0.2
tower 192.168.0.1
just do it......

Thats exactly it...

Crossover cable is the key when connecting directly and not using a router / switch etc.

I got a crossover cable yesterday plugged the two together but nothing happend, the Ethernet card is saying limited or no connection, my other machine is turned on but the laptop is not picking it up.

[Paul K]

Isn't there a wizard for networking in my network places? Are both PCs in the same workgroup?

Originally Posted by Paul

Isn't there a wizard for networking in my network places? Are both PCs in the same workgroup?

Yeah tried the wizard but all that keeps coming up with is no network connection regarding the ethernet card.

Originally Posted by Nidge

Yeah tried the wizard but all that keeps coming up with is no network connection regarding the ethernet card.

That's because it's still on DHCP - you need to set static IP addresses - see my post above!