Networking XP and 98SE -not recognizing each other


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I'm trying to neteork my two computers. One has HP Home SP-1, the other 98SE.

They both have working NICS.

I ran the XP wizard on both computers.

They don't recognize each other.

The LED on each NIC doesn't turn on on either. XP says the cable is disconnected.

I tried with both my NICs (my XP machine hs two. I'd like to reserve one for my DSL, the other for this network).

I even tried different cables!

No good.

I've tried this sort of thing three times, with different computers.

It always is the same.

Help.

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crossover cables are ment to have same ends... which mean PC2PC... ordinary cables are PC-Router-PC... of course you can make your own crossover cable by opening up the wire, but there are also crossover cables you can find in market...

a google search for Crossover UTP will help ya... the full name of course is Crossover UTP Cat-5 Cable...

/Raptor

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crossover cables are ment to have same ends...

aren't crossover cables actually supposed to have different ends? straight through cables have the same ends..

just make sure you have cat5 cables that are crossed

pc to modem cable- most likely straigh through cables (sometimes crossed depending on the modem..but just use the ones provided by your isp..if they did)

pc to pc cable - this has to be crossed

just to be sure, you can just check out the cable end...look closely through the rj45 jack and take note of the combinations of the wire (ex. orange, orange-white, green, green-white, etc..)..if they're both ends are the same, they're straight through..if not..then crossed..

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OK, I've got two of the three cable I've tried available (I'm listing them to keep them organized):

1. gray, came with my DSL modem. It seems to be a "straight" cable

2. blue, bought to set up a network. Also seems "straight". This one did work with a couple of XP machines (through a hub) I had access to. If its straight, why did it work on those machines?

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2. blue, bought to set up a network. Also seems "straight". This one did work with a couple of XP machines (through a hub) I had access to. If its straight, why did it work on those machines?

Because you used it through a hub.

As we established in this thread

Straight through = patch cable, meant to go PC <--> HUB <--> PC

Crossover cable = meant to go PC <--> PC

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Thanks.

I bought a 100 feet of Cat 5 cable, that I'll be using to make my own UTP cabling for a network I'm setting up (hence the hub).

Do I have to make it into either crossover or patch cable?

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