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Connecting 2 pc's with a crossover cable

Last answer on Sep 14, 2009 5:04:30 am BST tehruoh, on Feb 9, 2009 5:35:20 pm GMT 
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Hello,

I currently am running two laptops with Windows XP professonal. Im wanting to know if i can buy a crossover cable and share my (ick, here it comes) dial up connection (freakin countryside!).

Both boxxes have NIC's installed as well as the ICS services.
If it is possible, how would I go about sharing the connection?

Configuration: Windows XP
Firefox 3.0.6

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xpcman, on Feb 9, 2009 7:54:08 pm GMT
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Yes you can do that. You need to run the "internet sharing Wizard" on the one you use for dial-up and follow the instructions. Good Luck

   
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tehruoh, on Feb 10, 2009 3:44:34 pm GMT
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XPCman, I tried what you said and now i am able to view files on each computer when browsing,

However, my internet connection does not appear to be shared. Any Assistance?

   
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tehruoh, on Feb 10, 2009 3:49:26 pm GMT
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Also... I can view the files as i said, But I cannot ping the computer with no internet connection...

   
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qamar, on Mar 21, 2009 7:23:49 am GMT
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Connecting 2 pc's with a crossover cable

   
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 Lou, on Sep 14, 2009 5:04:30 am BST
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Is it necessary to use a cross over cable when sharing the Internet connection between two computers both using XP Pro?

   
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Tech, on Mar 24, 2009 6:32:49 pm GMT
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Yes you can share just go to http://hubpages.com/hub/How-to-share-an-internet-connection-­on-LAN and find your answer. but sharing dial-up would be very crappy. Thanx

   
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brent516, on Mar 28, 2009 2:34:35 pm GMT
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Yes, it will work, but will be sloooooooooooow.

   
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dawooddoe, on Mar 28, 2009 3:57:37 pm GMT

Yes, you can make it work, but as what others said, the connection can be very slow. You can take a look on this Internet connection sharing tutorial to get more ideas to make it works.

   
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