How can I create an LAN between my PC and my Laptop?

Question

How can I create an LAN between my PC and my Laptop without using a wireless technology?

Answer 1

Go here

http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/...

Answer 2

if they both have ethernet (high speed internet) ports, just buy a crossover cable from a computer store and connect them

NOTE: It can't be a regular lan cable, it has to be a crossover one or it will not work.

EDIT: Yes, the cable is all the hardware you need. As long as its only for 2 computers.

Answer 3

You dont need to use alot of $ to buy a cable create one for youself a cross over cable and connect both systems. Read this article http://freecomptips.blogspot.com/2007/03...

Answer 4

Buy a lan cable and plug it into the lan ports in both your pc and laptop?

Answer 5

To directly connect your two computers go to your local computer store and ask them for a cat5 crossover cable. Plug the crossover cable in the your ethernet modem on each computer and make sure each modem is enabled. After you have connected your two computers, on the main computer go to Networks in your control panel and click "Create a new network"  once you have followed all the steps in wizard both computers should automatically connect to each other.

Answer 6

You can get a CAT5 (Category 5) crossover cable from your local computer store. Then connect your PC at one end and your laptop at the other end. And that's it for the physical setup :) This kind of setup is only good for two computers though.

For the network setup, find a way to access your network card properties and specify the IP address (this is the address used by the computers to find each other) of each computer.

Do this on each computer:

1. If you are using Windows XP, go to Start --> Control Panel --> Network Connections.

2. Look for the Network Connection which corresponds to the network card on which the CAT5 cable is attached to. It usually says "Local Area Connection".

3. Right-click on it --> choose Properties.

4. In the resulting dialog box, you will find a listbox titled: "This connection uses the following items:"

5. In this listbox, look for "Internet Protocol (TCP/IP)". Double-click on it to bring up its Properties page.

6. Choose "Use the following IP address:" Then input the following information into the fields:

IP Address: 192.168.1.1 (for the PC)

                  192.168.1.2 (for the laptop)

Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.0 (for both computers)

7. The default gateway is used for connecting to the Internet. This requires further explanation. You may leave it blank for now.

8. Click OK for all the dialog boxes.

Test the connection from the PC:

1. Start --> Run

2. Type "cmd" (without the quotes) and press Enter.

3. In the command line, type (without the quotes) "ping 192.168.1.2" and press Enter.

4. If you receive a reply which looks like this, then your PC can communicate with your laptop.

Reply from 192.168.1.2: bytes=32 time=220ms TTL=53

5. To double-check, you can also do this from your laptop, except that you type in "ping 192.168.1.1"

Thanks. I hope that helps :)