I am a real beginner in this (I didn't even know that I could do a home network until the guy at the electronics store told me I could). Please HELP!!!!?If you are trying to connect from one network card to another (just between two computers with nothing in between), you have the wrong cable. A standard Ethernet cable will connect you to a router, switch, hub, etc., but not to another computer. What you need is a crossover cable. It looks just like the cable you have, with one change, the wires on one end are switched (the orange and green wires on the cable end are reversed).
Either get a crossover cable adapter (which is a little dongle that connects to one end of a cable), or swap the cable you have for a crossover cable. I would suggest the former, since you will need it if you ever set your network up to share the Internet.
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Either get a crossover cable adapter (which is a little dongle that connects to one end of a cable), or swap the cable you have for a crossover cable. I would suggest the former, since you will need it if you ever set your network up to share the Internet.
Courtney sends...
