Cross-Over cable ??

[gbmw1]

Hi,
I am attempting to set up two PC's in my friends home to share the same broadband connection. I have already done this succesfully at my home with my two machines using a simple crossover cable (2 Lan cards in host and 1 lan card in the other)
Now I have done exactly the same settings on the other 2 machines but the one (slave) will not connect to the internet, but the host will.
I tested out the crossover cable that he purchased and I think this may be the problem, what I mean is, if I connect the slave directly to the modem via the crossover cable it will access the internet, but when I put the crossover cable into the host machine it will not. I am under the impression that this crossover cable is in fact an ordinary (extra long) ethernet cable, and not a cross-over cable.
What do you think, is this why it will connect to the internet direct, as I thought a direct connection to a modem using a crossover would not work.
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cheers
Roger

[Bill in SD, CA]

Have you tried your crossover cable on his machine?

Bill

[nukes]

Have you got a route set up to share/bridge the internet connection between 2 cards on the host? Can you ping one machine from the other? Have you set up the default gateway etc correctly on the slave?

[roger1952]

Hi, No I can't try my cable out on his because it is running under the floorboard and behind walls etc.
In reply to the second answer, I do not have routers or anything on my two PC's
I use My main PC connected to broadband via ethernet, and then I have another lan in my main machined that is connected to the lan in my other machine via a crossover and it works fine.
But would a crossover cable run direct from a Lan to the modem work? I thought it had to be a straight forward ethernet cable.
cheers
Rog

[stroyal]

A strait cable looking from the opposit side from the locking divice from left to right is:
orange stripe, orange, green stripe, blue, blue stripe, green, brown stripe, brown.

Edit : crossover cable swaps orange and green / green stripe and orange stripe

edit: on one end like golf cart said

[golfcart]

You can tell if it's a crossover cable by looking at the ends. In a normal cable the wires will be the same exact color pattern on both ends and with a crossover pins 1 & 3 and pins 2 & 6 will be swapped on only one end.

[roger1952]

Hi
Thanks for that, Yes, I can see now, it is an ordinary straight cable, I shall have to get an adapter.
cheers
Rog

[JacobM5727]

if you have broadband, often a crossover cable comes with the modem - or you can use a switch and two straight through cables to get the same effect

[BettaBuy]

here's how to turn your straight cable into a crossover one

http://www.littlewhitedog.com/reviews_other_00009.asp

[roger1952]

Hi, thanks for the link, it is very useful. I can now get it sorted out
thanks to all
Rog