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Connecting a Win 95 computer with my new Win xp using Ethernet cables?
Can anyone tell me if it is possible to set up a connection with my new computer Win XP and my old computer (Win 95) using internal Ethernet cards/connections? Both computers access the internet using the Ethernet connection with out any trouble, even though many have told me it's not possible with Win 95, it works for me. I've tried the wizards and they seem to be only for Win 98 and above. Surely there is a way to configure my two systems to communicate so that I can do file transfers to upgrade to my new system using the Cat5e Crossover Patch Cable. Any suggestions, I'd really appreciate it!
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Posted May 27th, 2004 05:00
Steve,
Thanks for the link, though I'm having trouble finding the actual tutorial for hooking them up and configuring my machines to communicate, is that on that site? I really appreciate your help.
PJ
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Posted May 27th, 2004 05:00
In the lower left hand corner of the big box it says - Networking Computers .......Windows TCP/IP file sharing tutorial. Click on that link.
Steve
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Posted May 28th, 2004 00:00
It should be very much the same.
Steve
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Posted May 28th, 2004 00:00
Steve,
This tutorial is for Win 98 and above, do you think that if I follow the directions for Win 98, it will work for Win 95?
I sure appreciate your help!
Pamela
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Posted May 28th, 2004 02:00
Thanks, Steve... I'll give it a shot. I'm concerned about making myself vulnerable to the net once this is set up, you said though to reset things to the way they were before, right, when I'm done transferring files?
You're a great help, thanks for being there.
PJ
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Posted May 31st, 2004 17:00
It's difficult to say what went wrong, since I cannot see all of your settings. Did you assign IP addresses to each computer?
Steve
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Posted May 31st, 2004 17:00
Well, I followed all the directions and it didn't work235
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Posted June 1st, 2004 16:00
When connecting to the internet your computer is assigned an IP address from your ISP. But you are not doing that. You are connecting two computers together directly to make a local area network (LAN). Thus you need to assign you computers unique IP addresses on the LAN. The tutorial covers that. You need to assign 192.168.100.1 to one computer, for example, and 192.168.100.2 to the other computer. Again, this should be covered in the tutorial.
Steve
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Posted June 1st, 2004 16:00
No, how do I do that? I thought the IP address was assigned through your ISP.
PJ
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Posted May 19th, 2004 12:00
Yes, you can connect the network cards with a cross-over cable and run a network between a Windows 95 computers and a Windows XP computer. As you have seen, the Wizard will not work with Windows 95. You can set it up manually, however, by using the tutorial at www.homenethelp.com
Note that if you are going to be switching back and forth between connecting to the internet and connecting to the other computer with the same network card, you will have to reconfigure the network settings each time. The easiest solution would be to purchase a router and share the internet connection with both computers connecting to the router and the router connecting to the broadband modem. An alternative would be to install 2 network cards in the computer that connects to the internet and use Windows built-in Internet Connection Sharing.
Steve