How To Set-up A Lan Connection For 2 Pc's ?

[Dark Ride]

Me and my friend would like to connect our PCs together, and we thought we could mybe connect them with our modems (56k) ?!?!

I have heard something about that, it's called Home Phoneline Network (HPN) ??

Does someone know how to do that ?? If not I'm going to buy two NIC's (Network Interface Cards) and a cable and that's it.
I want to know it just for phun :D

[TheFilePirater]

where are they pcs? and why would u wanna connect?

[Dark Ride]

The PC's are in the same room.Why??? hehe, to play some games and I want to copy him some files I have on my PC :D

[GCNaddict]

hell no

connecting PCs with 56ks wont work

u need special gear for HPNA

a powerline network could always work... that sounds funny :lol:

[Dark Ride]

Ok ok, I gues I'll get some nice Network Interface Cards and make a P2P LAN connection.That should work, right ?? :huh:

[DVD PIRATE III]

Go buy two NIC's and a parallel cable..
easy as ..takes 5 mins to set up

[GCNaddict]

Originally posted by Dark Ride@14 January 2004 - 00:49
Ok ok, I gues I'll get some nice Network Interface Cards and make a P2P LAN connection.That should work, right ?? :huh:
doode! thats even harder! (at least according to microsoft)

again, if u want to make a good, expandable p2p network, get powerline adapters and network thru those

[lynx]

I would think you would spend less than $20 for two nics and a crossover cable to connect them. Then simply set up home networking (assuming you've got XP) and you are sorted.

[Dark Ride]

Originally posted by lynx@14 January 2004 - 01:13
I would think you would spend less than $20 for two nics and a crossover cable to connect them. Then simply set up home networking (assuming you've got XP) and you are sorted.
Yes, I'm runing Windows XP Pro.

How fast is such a connection between two NIC's (PC's) ??

[Evil Gemini]

Originally posted by Dark Ride+14 January 2004 - 16:14--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (Dark Ride @ 14 January 2004 - 16:14)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <!--QuoteBegin-lynx@14 January 2004 - 01:13
I would think you would spend less than &#036;20 for two nics and a crossover cable to connect them. Then simply set up home networking (assuming you&#39;ve got XP) and you are sorted.
Yes, I&#39;m runing Windows XP Pro.

How fast is such a connection between two NIC&#39;s (PC&#39;s) ?? [/b][/quote]
Get you self two NIC&#39;s because they are cheap as dirt. (AU&#036;8) and a crossover cable.

It transfers at 100mb/s.

[Dark Ride]

:D Ok, I&#39;ll get two NIC&#39;s.But what kida cable is this "crossover cable".I have seen a few different cables for NIC&#39;s. but how can I know which one is right for me ??

Exmples of network cables I&#39;ve seen on a online shop:
Network cable RG 58U
Network cable UTP cat 5, UP5004
Network cable STP cat 5, SP-5004

Which one of those cables would be right for my needs ??

[milosummer]

Network cable UTP cat 5, UP5004
Network cable STP cat 5, SP-5004
STP is much better than UTP . UTP is cheaper.
Its on ur choice

[Dark Ride]

I think I&#39;ll take the STP cable.

They are both cheap (cuz I only need about 2 meter). :D

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