Angel Blue01 Posted July 19, 2003 Share Posted July 19, 2003 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeleteMePlease Posted July 19, 2003 Share Posted July 19, 2003 u using a crossover cable? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angel Blue01 Posted July 19, 2003 Author Share Posted July 19, 2003 I think I'm using a patch cable. How do I check? What's the difference? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeleteMePlease Posted July 19, 2003 Share Posted July 19, 2003 If you a using a crossover cable XP should automatically detect, go to the shops any buy a crossover to see if it work. I have this one http://www.ebuyer.com/customer/products/in...oduct_uid=16488 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akaladis Veteran Posted July 19, 2003 Veteran Share Posted July 19, 2003 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whipper25 Posted July 19, 2003 Share Posted July 19, 2003 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.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tobbe Posted July 19, 2003 Share Posted July 19, 2003 On a crossover cable, RX and TX are crossed. That's the whole point. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angel Blue01 Posted July 20, 2003 Author Share Posted July 20, 2003 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? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
radioboy Posted July 20, 2003 Share Posted July 20, 2003 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angel Blue01 Posted July 20, 2003 Author Share Posted July 20, 2003 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? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whipper25 Posted July 20, 2003 Share Posted July 20, 2003 just remember 1. cable connecting pc to modem/hub = straight through 2. cable connecting pc to pc = crossover Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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