98 SE Direct Connection

Does anybody happen to know for sure whether it is
possible to connect two machines, both running 98SE,
through a RJ45 cat 5 cable, that has been crossed over at
one End. There seems to be some dispute as to whether this
is possible, only one machine at a time would be running
but it would make it simple to swap files, etc.
Network Cards, Drivers, etc are installed, just need to
know whether i have to buy a Switch or just a crossed cat
5 cable.
Thanks for any info.

Yes, it's possible, and yes, I've done it lots of times,
with out any problem whatsoever.


"Paul" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:051c01c3ce03$a0f79630$(E-Mail Removed)...
> Does anybody happen to know for sure whether it is
> possible to connect two machines, both running 98SE,
> through a RJ45 cat 5 cable, that has been crossed over at
> one End. There seems to be some dispute as to whether this
> is possible, only one machine at a time would be running
> but it would make it simple to swap files, etc.
> Network Cards, Drivers, etc are installed, just need to
> know whether i have to buy a Switch or just a crossed cat
> 5 cable.
> Thanks for any info.

>-----Original Message-----
>Yes, it's possible, and yes, I've done it lots of times,
>with out any problem whatsoever.
>
>
>"Paul" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>news:051c01c3ce03$a0f79630$(E-Mail Removed)...
>> Does anybody happen to know for sure whether it is
>> possible to connect two machines, both running 98SE,
>> through a RJ45 cat 5 cable, that has been crossed over
at
>> one End. There seems to be some dispute as to whether
this
>> is possible, only one machine at a time would be running
>> but it would make it simple to swap files, etc.
>> Network Cards, Drivers, etc are installed, just need to
>> know whether i have to buy a Switch or just a crossed
cat
>> 5 cable.
>> Thanks for any info.
>
>
>.Thanks for that, appreciate the advice
>

In article <051c01c3ce03$a0f79630$(E-Mail Removed)>, "Paul"
<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>Does anybody happen to know for sure whether it is
>possible to connect two machines, both running 98SE,
>through a RJ45 cat 5 cable, that has been crossed over at
>one End. There seems to be some dispute as to whether this
>is possible, only one machine at a time would be running
>but it would make it simple to swap files, etc.
>Network Cards, Drivers, etc are installed, just need to
>know whether i have to buy a Switch or just a crossed cat
>5 cable.
>Thanks for any info.

Yes, it's possible to connect two machines using a crossover cable.
I've done it frequently, for several years, with 100% success.

It's hard to make a crossover cable that works reliably. I only use
professionally made, pre-packaged ones. Even some good computer shops
don't know how to make a proper cable.

I suspect that some companies that recommend against it are trying to
avoid having to support customers who wire their own crossover cables
and do it wrong.

There might be some network cards that don't work properly without the
"link beat" pulses that a hub or switch gives. However, I've never
encountered that problem.

When you're not actually using the connection to swap files, one of
the computers can be turned off. To avoid boot-time delays on one
computer when the other one isn't running, assign static IP addresses
to both computers. Typical addresses are 192.168.0.1 and 192.168.0.2,
both with subnet mask 255.255.255.0.
--
Best Wishes,
Steve Winograd, MS-MVP (Windows Networking)

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Thanks again for the info, i have a prepackaged Rj45
Crossover cable so hopefully i won't have any probs,
thanks also for the I.P settings.
>-----Original Message-----
>In article <051c01c3ce03$a0f79630
$(E-Mail Removed)>, "Paul"
><(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>>Does anybody happen to know for sure whether it is
>>possible to connect two machines, both running 98SE,
>>through a RJ45 cat 5 cable, that has been crossed over
at
>>one End. There seems to be some dispute as to whether
this
>>is possible, only one machine at a time would be running
>>but it would make it simple to swap files, etc.
>>Network Cards, Drivers, etc are installed, just need to
>>know whether i have to buy a Switch or just a crossed
cat
>>5 cable.
>>Thanks for any info.
>
>Yes, it's possible to connect two machines using a
crossover cable.
>I've done it frequently, for several years, with 100%
success.
>
>It's hard to make a crossover cable that works reliably.
I only use
>professionally made, pre-packaged ones. Even some good
computer shops
>don't know how to make a proper cable.
>
>I suspect that some companies that recommend against it
are trying to
>avoid having to support customers who wire their own
crossover cables
>and do it wrong.
>
>There might be some network cards that don't work
properly without the
>"link beat" pulses that a hub or switch gives. However,
I've never
>encountered that problem.
>
>When you're not actually using the connection to swap
files, one of
>the computers can be turned off. To avoid boot-time
delays on one
>computer when the other one isn't running, assign static
IP addresses
>to both computers. Typical addresses are 192.168.0.1 and
192.168.0.2,
>both with subnet mask 255.255.255.0.
>--
>Best Wishes,
>Steve Winograd, MS-MVP (Windows Networking)
>
>Please post any reply as a follow-up message in the news
group
>for everyone to see. I'm sorry, but I don't answer
questions
>addressed directly to me in E-mail or news groups.
>
>Microsoft Most Valuable Professional - Windows Networking
>http://mvp.support.microsoft.com
>
>Steve Winograd's Networking FAQ
>http://www.bcmaven.com/networking/faq.htm
>.
>