freesardar
Right off the assembly line
I and my friend have purchased a laptop each. How can we connect both the machines for sharing data and playing multiplayer games? Please start right from the scratch.
connecting 2 laptops
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adit_sen
In the zone
U have plenty of options to connect.
1. The cheapest way to go about it is get a cross over lan cable. It's easily available from any hardware store. This method is the easiest if you just want to connect two machies together. Read this post for how to go about it.
*www.thinkdigit.com/forum/showthread.php?t=29672&highlight=crossover
2. Alternatively you can get a router, and set up a full fledged network, but will require the cost of addtional hardware.
Cheers
Aditya
1. The cheapest way to go about it is get a cross over lan cable. It's easily available from any hardware store. This method is the easiest if you just want to connect two machies together. Read this post for how to go about it.
*www.thinkdigit.com/forum/showthread.php?t=29672&highlight=crossover
2. Alternatively you can get a router, and set up a full fledged network, but will require the cost of addtional hardware.
Cheers
Aditya
a_medico
Chillum Baba
in case both the laptops are wireless enabled, you will not require lan cable. Follow the following steps (these were explained to me as a reply to my post by a fellow forum member on a similar query)
do the following on each of ur computers
goto network conections from control panel
right clicko n ur wireless lan card
goto tcp ip and click on properties ( or double click on tcp/ip )
give one the ip address 192.168.0.1
the other the ip address of 192.168.0.2
give them both subnet masks of 255.255.255.0 ( should be default )
and leave gateway and dns alone
now goto the wirless networks tab
and below click on "add"
ull get a new screen askin u some stuff
SSID : name for ur wireless connection
give the same name on both computers
set the other details as required and choose " this is an adhoc network"
not this wireless network settings should be same on BOTH laptops.
now when it says wireless network found. it should also connect automatically
now from one try pinging the otehr ..
meanin goto command prompt and type in 192.168.0.x
x being 1 or 2 depending on the ip of the pc ur pinging.
if u get a reply everything is well n good
now ull need to share files on each pc. ... or login as admin on both pcs to access default admin shares ...
access the pc by using its ip address in the address bar of windows explorer .. as follws
\\192.168.0.x
do the following on each of ur computers
goto network conections from control panel
right clicko n ur wireless lan card
goto tcp ip and click on properties ( or double click on tcp/ip )
give one the ip address 192.168.0.1
the other the ip address of 192.168.0.2
give them both subnet masks of 255.255.255.0 ( should be default )
and leave gateway and dns alone
now goto the wirless networks tab
and below click on "add"
ull get a new screen askin u some stuff
SSID : name for ur wireless connection
give the same name on both computers
set the other details as required and choose " this is an adhoc network"
not this wireless network settings should be same on BOTH laptops.
now when it says wireless network found. it should also connect automatically
now from one try pinging the otehr ..
meanin goto command prompt and type in 192.168.0.x
x being 1 or 2 depending on the ip of the pc ur pinging.
if u get a reply everything is well n good
now ull need to share files on each pc. ... or login as admin on both pcs to access default admin shares ...
access the pc by using its ip address in the address bar of windows explorer .. as follws
\\192.168.0.x
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