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Direct connection (Gb ethernet) help
Hi guys, I'm having a little trouble getting a direct connection working between my 2 machines. Here's the setup:
Router 100mbs
1st machine:
2 x Gb ethernet onboard
First connected to router at 100mbs (DHCP)
other direct connected to second machine (Static assigned IP)
Windows 7 Pro x64
2nd machine:
1 x 100Mb onboard -connected to router (DHCP)
1 x 1Gb PCI-E direct connected to first machine (Static assigned IP)
Windows 7 Pro x64
Basically, what I want to do is still have the the 2 machines hooked up to the router so they can connect to the internet independently of each other (so ICS is out of the question) but I also want to utilise the Gb ports to direct connect to each other for file sharing and Remote Desktop.
I've assigned the first machine 192.168.0.1 (subnet mask of 255.255.255.0) and the second is the same with .0.2 Windows sees it as an unidentified network (with seemingly no way to change this, nor did it ask when I first hooked them up). I can send/receive files using the gigabit connection if the router is not plugged in, but when that it is plugged back in, the machines default to using that for transferring (so I end up with 11MB/s rather than the lovely 55-80MB/s on the Gb ports). Furthermore, Remote Desktop does not work at all through the faster ports.
I know I could very easily solve this problem by getting a gigabit switch to connect the 2 before then using the switch to go to the router but I'd like to be able to do this without having to spend any money first, especially if it's not entirely necessary.
Thanks in advance.