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Old 02-22-09, 12:05 PM   #1
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i need to connect my pc(xp) to laptop(vista).
i m having ethernet rj45 cable(from bsnl broadband ).
is it possible with this cable?


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You cannot directly connect them to each other. What you need (at the minimum) is an ethernet hub.
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Old 02-22-09, 06:27 PM   #3
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hello
i need to connect my pc(xp) to laptop(vista).
i m having ethernet rj45 cable(from bsnl broadband ).
is it possible with this cable?
thanks in advance!
NO you cannot connect with that cable, that cable is for using through a Hub,
But if you want to connect without using a hub then go to nearest computer hardware shop & get a new cable but dont forget them to say that you are using it to connect two computers directly not through hub....(technically 8th & 16th wire in the cable will be exchanged)
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you can connect 2 comps or laptops without a HUB...but you cant use normal ethernet cable(one from bsnl)..u need CROSS-WIRE cable to do it..just use the cable to directly connect
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If you want to connect only those two machine yes you can easily do it using your network cable provided you have network slots in both machines. But if you are looking to connect both your machines to the modem then either an ethernet hub would or like mahellraiser has told, an crosswire should be fine.
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thanks for ur reply guys!

what is the difference between normal ethernet cable and cross wire cable?

how many pins do these have?
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no pins are same...the color code is different

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what is the difference between normal ethernet cable and cross wire cable?

how many pins do these have?
In normal ethernet cable all the wire's in it are straight ie if you hold both the ends and compare both are exactly the same (the colour code)

In cross wire cable if you compare the 8th & the 16th wires are interchanged because the ports in the system are reserved for incoming & outgoing so its interchanged to exchange the network packets
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After you get a crossover cable... You may follow following steps to configure ur Computers to share internet connection...

http://www.indiabroadband.net/relian...tml#post121222 (Help needed to connect 2 PC)
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buy a cross cable. not crossover
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