I've got a PC running win98, and a Laptop running XP home. help me connect 'em.

[Az]

Yeah, I feel pretty stupid now.

[Spiffor]

Why wouldn't you buy a crossed cable? I don't think it's any more expansive than a regular one.

[Az]

I simply forgot.

Well, n/m, I'll setup a network with a router anyway, at one point or another.

[Lancer]

Take the desktop PC and put it on a workbench, on its side. Then, take the laptop and set it on top of the desktop PC which is on its side on a workbench. Then, take a hammer and ten penny nail and, using the hammer, drive the nail through the laptop which is on top of the desktop PC which is on its side on a workbench and continue driving the nail until the laptop is connected to the desktop PC which is on its side on a workbench.

Done.

[Atahualpa]

Lancer, that's oldschool

[Whoha]

Re: I've got a PC running win98, and a Laptop running XP home. help me connect 'em.

Originally posted by Az
That's the deal: I've got a win98 PC, and an XP home ( I know I know. I am about to get another OS for it) Laptop.

The PC has got a NIC. I've got an ethernet cable connecting them.

How I make this crap work, and get them to:

-send each other files.
-share drives
-**** like that.

Thanks in advance.

static route.

on each box try
route add (first 3 parts of box 1 IP).0 mask 255.255.255.0 box2:ip

[Whoha]

so for example if the ips are 1.1.1.1 and 2.2.2.2 respectively on 1.1.1.1 you'd type:
route add 2.2.2.0 mask 255.255.255.0 1.1.1.1

and
route add 1.1.1.0 mask 255.255.255.0 2.2.2.2
on the second box.

[Whoha]

Or you could just buy a router.

[Atahualpa]

Originally posted by Oncle Boris


Don't know if it matters... but assuredly networking 98 and XP is not a given.

You can even share files on an ext2fs, with a linux kernel and maybe it's not an i386 puter but an alpha or sparc with solaris

[Urban Ranger]

You need to run Samba on the Linux computer, though

[Az]

wierd. The cable is crossed .


back to the drawing board.

[Ted Striker]

Get a router

[Ecthy]

Go out and meet people.

[Az]

Originally posted by Whoha
so for example if the ips are 1.1.1.1 and 2.2.2.2 respectively on 1.1.1.1 you'd type:
route add 2.2.2.0 mask 255.255.255.0 1.1.1.1

and
route add 1.1.1.0 mask 255.255.255.0 2.2.2.2
on the second box.

How do I set/retrieve the set ips?

and why is the mask 255.255.255.0?

winipcfg sez mask is 255.255.0.0 on my computer

[Atahualpa]

Get into the computer science faculty and put up this sign: "I am too dumb to connect two PCs together.. please help me"
and put your phone numbers at the bottom