RE: Connecting 2 PC`s with USB (both with windows XP)
Rassilon(Elite) posted this on Friday, 28th January 2005, 10:50
You can get a USB transfer lead to do this, that comes with dedicated software. I paid about £19 for mine some years back, I think Maplin or CPC do them for about £30 ex VAT.
Personally you would be better off with a PCMCIA card or USB Network adaptor (laptop)& for the PC a PCI network card & network the two together with a Network crossover lead.
You could of course buy 2 USB adapters if you are worried about installing the network card inside the PC.
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RE: Connecting 2 PC`s with USB (both with windows XP)
random username(Elite) posted this on Monday, 11th April 2005, 14:30
Help, does this sound like the right cable for connecting two pcs together? My mum is getting a new one, so thought we could just connect them both together to transfer stuff across, is that the right cable?
Belkin - Crossover cable - RJ-45 (M) - RJ-45 (M) - 5 m - UTP ( CAT 5e )
RE: Connecting 2 PC`s with USB (both with windows XP)
RJS(undefined) posted this on Monday, 11th April 2005, 16:32
If you want to connect to PCs together using Ethernet cards, then you need a CAT 5 Male to Male crossover cable, which is what you`ve listed there.
Avoiding the USB discussion myself, as it is not my area and tbh very slow in comparison to Ethernet which is just as cheap. ;)
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RE: Connecting 2 PC`s with USB (both with windows XP)
ste_p0270(Elite Donator) posted this on Monday, 11th April 2005, 17:38
Quote: Avoiding the USB discussion myself, as it is not my area and tbh very slow in comparison to Ethernet which is just as cheap. not usb 2.0 ("upto" 400Mbps) apparently....assuming you have two usb 2.0 compliant interfaces that is!!
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RE: Connecting 2 PC`s with USB (both with windows XP)
jeffthegun(Elite) posted this on Monday, 11th April 2005, 18:08
but if hes got a usb 2 on each PC then the chances are its got an ethernet card lurking there sometime as they became standard at about the same time.
RE: Connecting 2 PC`s with USB (both with windows XP)
random username(Elite) posted this on Monday, 11th April 2005, 18:27
Quote: CAT 5 Male to Male crossover cable, which is what you`ve listed there.
Thankyou very much :) Got one on order cheap (I hope) in the Dell offer, but their descriptions are not in plain English :D Thought I`d better check before the offer ends.
RE: Connecting 2 PC`s with USB (both with windows XP)
random username(Elite) posted this on Wednesday, 15th June 2005, 17:31
I`ve got this cable, plugged it into both PCs, and run the networking wizard, but I think i`ve either done something wrong, or missed something. I have a network showing on both computers (Mshome), but when you look each only lists itself and not the other computer. Both computers are using ME.
*edit* sorted it now
This item was edited on Wednesday, 15th June 2005, 21:47
