[issa9999]

Hi,
well i have a laptop (laptop1) and a computer (pc1) both running windows xp pro and both with working network cards however when i link them together laptop1 and pc1 each say "a network cable is unplugged". i am positive pc1 and laptop1 have working network cards as they will both connect to another laptop (laptop2) without any problems. the problem is when i try to link pc1 to laptop1.

please, does anyone know why this is happening?

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Hi issa9999, welcome to GTG, to directly connect two computers together you need a crossover cable. It sounds like you are trying to usa a regular straight through cable.

[cmw2010]

Hi issa9999, welcome to GTG, to directly connect two computers together you need a crossover cable. It sounds like you are trying to usa a regular straight through cable.

[issa9999]

hmm im not really sure what that is, but if im using a straight cable how come it worked when i connected pc1 to laptop2 and when i connected laptop1 to laptop2

[issa9999]

bump any ideas?

[issa9999]

anyone ?

[98springer]

As cmw said, you need a crossover cable when directly connecting 2 "like" devices. That is, computer to computer. When you have success, are you connecting the computers directly or is there a router or hub, etc in between?

[issa9999]

i am connecting the computers directly but its only sucessful when i link pc1 to laptop2 and when i link laptop1 to laptop2, theres just something going wrong when i try linking laptop1 with pc1

[98springer]

Go to Start/Command Prompt and type "ipconfig /all" (no quotes) on each computer and copy and paste the results in your next post. Be sure to label which output is from which machine.

[issa9999]

this is laptop1:



this is pc1:

[98springer]

What about the other computer?