networking two computers together by ethernet cable

I am having trouble getting my two computers hooked
together using an ethernet cable. all I want to do is
share a printer and files between the two and I dont know
what I need to do. They both have ME, and plenty of
computer power. Please help.

"jonathan engelstad" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in news:1b0f01c38299
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> I am having trouble getting my two computers hooked
> together using an ethernet cable. all I want to do is
> share a printer and files between the two and I dont know
> what I need to do. They both have ME, and plenty of
> computer power. Please help.
>

You need to use a "crossover" ethernet cable to connect 2 computers
directly. If you are using a switch/hub between the computers you need a
straight through ethernet cable. Some instructions for configuring network
settings (ip address, protocols, gateway, dns, etc.) can be found at these
sites:
http://www.practicallynetworked.com
http://www.wown.com
http://www.homenethelp.com

On Wed, 24 Sep 2003 05:44:33 -0700, "jonathan engelstad" <(E-Mail Removed)>
wrote:

>I am having trouble getting my two computers hooked
>together using an ethernet cable. all I want to do is
>share a printer and files between the two and I dont know
>what I need to do. They both have ME, and plenty of
>computer power. Please help.

For straight PC to PC connections, make sure it's a crossover cable - not a
standard cable. CAT5 cables have (for lack of a better term) specific incoming
and outgoing lines. A crossover cable crosses the lines so outgoing on one
end goes to incoming on the other end and vise versa.

Normally, a hub, router, etc. does the signal crossing and standard cables are
used to hook everything up. With no such hardware, a crossover cable must be
used.
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Do you have a crossover network cable between them, or just a standard
cable? If there is no hub, switch or router between them you need a
crossover cable - and even this is not guaranteed to work.

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"jonathan engelstad" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:1b0f01c38299$9ae87a80$(E-Mail Removed)...
> I am having trouble getting my two computers hooked
> together using an ethernet cable. all I want to do is
> share a printer and files between the two and I dont know
> what I need to do. They both have ME, and plenty of
> computer power. Please help.