Help regarding connecting Laptop TO Desktop using LAN CABLE

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  1. Posts : 11
    Windows 7 64 Bit
       #1

    Help regarding connecting Laptop TO Desktop using LAN CABLE


    Hello friends I am new on this forum
    I just bought a laptop and I was trying to connect it to my desktop by using LAN CABLE for data transfer.
    I have tried everything my way but it is not working

    Control Panel\Network and Internet\Network Connections -> Local Area Connection -> Properties -> Internet Protocol Version 4 (TCP/IPv4) -> Properties

    I set my computer's ID to 192.168.1.2
    Subnet Mask : 255.255.255.0
    GateWay : 192.268.1.1

    I set my Laptop's ID to 192.168.1.2
    Subnet Mask : 255.255.255.0
    GateWay : 192.268.1.1


    What more I need to do to connect them?
    Please help me as soon as possible.

    Thank you in advance.
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  2. Posts : 28,845
    Win 8 Release candidate 8400
       #2

    If the cable isnt going through a router or switch it needs to be a "null" cable, also called a crossover. A regular cable wont work.
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  3. Posts : 11
    Windows 7 64 Bit
    Thread Starter
       #3

    zigzag3143 said:
    If the cable isnt going through a router or switch it needs to be a "null" cable, also called a crossover. A regular cable wont work.

    No sir I am connecting it directly to both the devices.:)
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  4. Posts : 2,073
    Windows 10 Pro 64-Bit
       #4

    This should Help you. :)
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  5. Posts : 352
    Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit
       #5

    Please go with what zigzag has said and use a crossover cable and not a standard one and these are usually marked as such. The way to tell is look at the colours and placing of the wires into each end if they look the same it is not a crossover cable.

    Also, for peer to peer connection, IP adresses need to be different for them to "see" each other.

    Hope this helps.
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  6. Posts : 11
    Windows 7 64 Bit
    Thread Starter
       #6

    ibshaw said:
    Please go with what zigzag has said and use a crossover cable and not a standard one and these are usually marked as such. The way to tell is look at the colours and placing of the wires into each end if they look the same it is not a crossover cable.

    Also, for peer to peer connection, IP adresses need to be different for them to "see" each other.

    Hope this helps.

    Sir I have tried it with my friends laptop and it worked finely with the same cable but I am missing some settings I think so
    Please guide me what more it needs to do :)
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  7. Posts : 2,073
    Windows 10 Pro 64-Bit
       #7

    nkam said:
    Sir I have tried it with my friends laptop and it worked finely with the same cable but I am missing some settings I think so
    Please guide me what more it needs to do :)
    you mentioned "same cable" which means the standard cable right? you should use what zigzag3143 suggested, a crossover cable would fix your problem.

    Please click HERE for step by step on how to make crossover cable
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  8. Posts : 352
    Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit
       #8

    I set my computer's ID to 192.168.1.2
    Subnet Mask : 255.255.255.0
    GateWay : 192.268.1.1

    I set my Laptop's ID to 192.168.1.2

    Subnet Mask : 255.255.255.0
    GateWay : 192.268.1.1


    For you to be able to transfer data from one PC to another the IP addresses must be different - if you have them as stated above, it will not work.
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  9. Posts : 11
    Windows 7 64 Bit
    Thread Starter
       #9

    timbog said:
    nkam said:
    Sir I have tried it with my friends laptop and it worked finely with the same cable but I am missing some settings I think so
    Please guide me what more it needs to do :)
    you mentioned "same cable" which means the standard cable right? you should use what zigzag3143 suggested, a crossover cable would fix your problem.

    Please click HERE for step by step on how to make crossover cable

    Oh thanks for pictorial answer but I am using Crossover Cable only
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  10. Posts : 11
    Windows 7 64 Bit
    Thread Starter
       #10

    ibshaw said:
    I set my computer's ID to 192.168.1.2
    Subnet Mask : 255.255.255.0
    GateWay : 192.268.1.1

    I set my Laptop's ID to 192.168.1.2

    Subnet Mask : 255.255.255.0
    GateWay : 192.268.1.1


    For you to be able to transfer data from one PC to another the IP addresses must be different - if you have them as stated above, it will not work.

    I am sorry I set laptop's IP to 192.168.1.3 :)
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