LAN Question
By good1030
@good1030 (670)
China
July 11, 2007 9:14pm CST
I have a six year old Gateway that runs XP. My new computer will have Vista. Will I be able to connect them by a LAN or do they need the same OS?
Also, can you connect two desktops with crossover cables from the network cards or is a router needed?
Thanks in advance!
2 responses
@Asylum (47893)
• Manchester, England
12 Jul 07
A crossover cable should work perfectly well, but I noticed in another post of your's that you are using a router which is the easier method.
You can create a LAN comprising of any combination of operating systems, so using 2 Windows versions will present no obstacle.
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@jwiz168 (140)
• Philippines
12 Jul 07
you dont need to have the same O.S. to communicate the two PC. All you have to do is set up the proper network configuration (TCP/IP). Assign IP addresses each for every PC. But should have the same subnet and gateway.
Sample
PC#1 IP address :192.168.0.2 subnet: 255.255.255.0 gateway:(ip address of PC connected to the Internet) 192.168.0.2
PC#2 IP address :192.168.0.3 subnet: 255.255.255.0 gateway: 192.168.0.2
@good1030 (670)
• China
12 Jul 07
Thank you very much for your response! I will have a try by using your method.
Because when I use two XP PCs to connect to each other, I didn't assign IP address and they work. But for Vista and XP, they just couldn't communicate with each other using the same method.
Again thank for your answer dude!
