Can't Connect Thru Netgear FS 105 Ethernet Switch!

[technomann]

I am attempting to connect 2 home computers in order to transfer files. I can connect them just fine through my wireless Netgear router and transfer files wirelessly without difficulty. But when I turn off the wireless router and hard-wire the 2 computers with some cat 5 and a Netgear FS 105 Ethernet Switch, I cannot get the computers to recognize each other. They don't appear to be networked.

Does anyone have a clue as to why that is or how I can get them networked through the Ethernet Switch?

Thanks for any and all advice!

 

[samuria]

If you connect them directly away from the router there will be no dhcp server so they have no way of getting a valid IP to connect directly you need to set a static IP on both PC's

 

[technomann]

If you connect them directly away from the router there will be no dhcp server so they have no way of getting a valid IP to connect directly you need to set a static IP on both PC's

Yes I have already done that. I assigned the one local connection an ip of 192.168.1.1 and the local connection on the 2nd PC an ip address of 192.168.1.3. Yet when I ping the 2nd computer from the 1st the request times out.

 

[samuria]

What subnet?

 

[technomann]

What subnet?

The default subnet of 255.255.255.0