Yes, you can do what you want. To connect the two PCs all you need is an ethernet crossover cable (it MUST be a crossover cable). An additional hub is not necessary.
Once the two PCs are communicating, you will need to enable Internet Connection Sharing (ICS) on one PC - the PC you want to make the dial-up connection to the ISP. It will be called the ICS host and the other PC is an ICS client. The ICS host will have to be powered on if the ICS client needs internet access.
Go here and here for good tutorials/information to configure your LAN. This site has good tutorials to configure ICS.
Thank you very much, that's exactly what I was hoping.
Everything I had seen before, was referring to more than two computers.
I'll see if I can find me one of those cables now.
Oh, I may as well ask...
You're sure that the second PC will be able to function properly with the interent... I mean, it can communicate back through to the ISP?
I was just reading about the differences between using a crossover cable and a hub, and (with my limited amount of knowledge so far) I was wondering if communicating back is possible. Silly question, likely, but I figured I'd ask while reply with many thanks.
"You're sure that the second PC will be able to function properly with the interent... I mean, it can communicate back through to the ISP?" -- Yes, that is exactly what ICS is designed to do. Provided the ICS host is running, if the ICS client needs internet access, it will communicate that need to the ICS host and if there is no active dial-up connection, one will be made automatically.
As you will see in the tutorials, each ethernet adapter in the PCs should be configured to Obtain an IP Address Automatically. ICS will assign a private IP address to each adapter. ICS acts like a router, routing internet traffic from all the PCs in the LAN to and from the internet. The crossover cable will only work if you have only 2 PCs. Any more than that and you will have to tie the PCs together with either a hub or switch.
_Paladin
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February 22nd, 2004 19:00
omadnay,
Yes, you can do what you want. To connect the two PCs all you need is an ethernet crossover cable (it MUST be a crossover cable). An additional hub is not necessary.
Once the two PCs are communicating, you will need to enable Internet Connection Sharing (ICS) on one PC - the PC you want to make the dial-up connection to the ISP. It will be called the ICS host and the other PC is an ICS client. The ICS host will have to be powered on if the ICS client needs internet access.
Go here and here for good tutorials/information to configure your LAN. This site has good tutorials to configure ICS.
omadnay
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February 22nd, 2004 20:00
Thank you very much, that's exactly what I was hoping.
Everything I had seen before, was referring to more than two computers.
I'll see if I can find me one of those cables now.
Oh, I may as well ask...
You're sure that the second PC will be able to function properly with the interent... I mean, it can communicate back through to the ISP?
I was just reading about the differences between using a crossover cable and a hub, and (with my limited amount of knowledge so far) I was wondering if communicating back is possible. Silly question, likely, but I figured I'd ask while reply with many thanks.
Thanks again
Message Edited by omadnay on 02-22-2004 04:18 PM
_Paladin
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February 22nd, 2004 20:00
omadnay,
"You're sure that the second PC will be able to function properly with the interent... I mean, it can communicate back through to the ISP?" -- Yes, that is exactly what ICS is designed to do. Provided the ICS host is running, if the ICS client needs internet access, it will communicate that need to the ICS host and if there is no active dial-up connection, one will be made automatically.
As you will see in the tutorials, each ethernet adapter in the PCs should be configured to Obtain an IP Address Automatically. ICS will assign a private IP address to each adapter. ICS acts like a router, routing internet traffic from all the PCs in the LAN to and from the internet. The crossover cable will only work if you have only 2 PCs. Any more than that and you will have to tie the PCs together with either a hub or switch.
omadnay
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March 3rd, 2004 16:00
Hey, just wanted to thank you again _Paladin.
Everything is up and working. Really easy with xp and the tutorials you linked.
Thanks for passing on the know-how.
- omadnay