Yes, is that gonna be a problem? Plus i am with AOL and apparently its hard to network with them? I was thinking about switching ISP.
no that's not a problem, maybe you should consider buying a switch or a router, they're very cheap. but yeah, did you run the network setup on each?
Yeh i have run a network setup on both and as i say it must be recognising something as it detects them in the corner and says they are connected.
yes it is recognizing it. apparently, running a crossover cable is the same as running two computers with the 'magic blue cable' with a hub (very different to a router or switch, slower) have you run the setup on main comp, then the other comp, then restarting?
run command prompt. type in ip config/all then press enter. you should see ip address subnet mask default gateway dns servers the information they give you, go to my network places, go to view network connections, right click local area connection, click properties, scroll down till you see internet protocol, double click it, then select use the following ip address. Now enter the information given to you on command prompt. do this on each of your computers.
Sorry to be pedantic, but command line programs should accept an argument like switches with a space. It will work with ipconfig/all but won't with ipconfig-all. Windows command line executables generally use the switches (/) as well as hyphen for passing arguments. Its generally better practice to do "program -argument" since Linux/Unix binaries accept it in that format as well.
