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December 27th, 2005 23:00
Building home network
Hi;
I'm trying to hook up my inspiron 6000 (wired) To my dimension 4700 (Wired) to a dial-up Connection. Do I need a router, or hub? Or can I just use a cat. 5 cable and a telephone cable. Thanks
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volcano11
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December 27th, 2005 23:00
If both computers have an ethernet network card, you can connect them together using a special network cable called a cross-over cable. Then enable Internet Connection Sharing on the computer that will always make the dialup connection.
Steve
roy0381
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December 28th, 2005 04:00
Thanks Volcano;
So if I use a telephone cable to one and a cat 5 cable from that computer to another that should do it, connect the two computers to one dial-up connection? thats great! Happy Holiday's
volcano11
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December 28th, 2005 04:00
Just make sure that the CAT5 cable is a cross-over cable (send and receive pins reversed on each end).
Steve