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Thread ID: 34044 2003-06-02 18:58:00 Argh - Setting up crossover! Mark Veldhuizen (2570) Press F1
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149285 2003-06-02 18:58:00 Right I have a laptop so I took it to my friends house, baught us a 10 metre crossover cable (RJ something) and tried to get it working. AND WE CAN'T GET IT TO WORK.

Now, we both have Windows XP Home, have both got 10-100 mbps network cards and have plugged in the cable. Other than that, we have tried a thousand different things to get us connected, like making our workgroup the same, manually typing in IPs, but none of us are connected. None of our network cards have a green light and both say "Media Disconnected"

If somebody could give a step-by-step instruction on how to set up a crossover connection (Note: 2 computers, no hub) I'd be extremely grateful. We are itching to see who kicks more ass at Counter-Strike or MOHAA/BF1942.

Thanks. 		Mark Veldhuizen (2570)
149286 2003-06-02 19:44:00 if you get the message "media disconnected" or such like then I would put my $$ on the fact that your cable is not crossed or just not working.

can you test the cable??

have the network card drivers working right?? 		robsonde (120)
149287 2003-06-02 19:55:00 Both cards work on hubs, etc. Maybe it is the cable. Brand spankin new. Thanks we will try another cable.

THOUGH - Once you DO get a good cable, what must you do in XP to connect? Or is it automatic? 		Mark Veldhuizen (2570)
149288 2003-06-02 21:12:00 assumeing that you only want ot play games then just set the Ip address and the sub netmasks.

if you dont know about IPs and subnet masks then just go into the properties of the network and set:

system 1
IP 192.168.0.1
subnet 255.255.0.0

system 2
IP 192.168.0.2
subnet 255.255.0.0


once you have this done check you can ping each system.

open a dos window and type:

ping 192.168.0.1

ping 192.168.0.2


iff all this works then you are good to game.

have fun. 		robsonde (120)
149289 2003-06-02 23:43:00 I usually leave 192.168.x.1 as the gateway since most routers use this IP, netmask should be 255.255.255.0

Setting up XP with a crossover cable, you'll need to add both computer's users to each computer, make sure XP's firewall is off and configure your other firewall to allow the computers. Set up the IPs, the workgroup the same name. Depending on what you want to do, setup the gateway too if you use ICS (same IP as the host running ICS).

That's all I can say for now, if it doesn't work just ask again. 		Kame (312)
149290 2003-06-03 00:01:00 on most lan cards i thought the yellow light meant connected and the green light meant data transfer. Dylan (800)
149291 2003-06-03 01:41:00 I'm not sure if coloured LEDs is specific for Network Cards (usually there's only one). Usually the LEDs are placed next to what they are for, e.g. Link/Active which means it's connected if it's green, usually if it's flashing is because data is being transmitted, otherwise it should not show a lit up LED at all.

Network Card or Cable can be at fault here, as well as correct drivers. 		Kame (312)
149292 2003-06-03 03:09:00 Hold the crossover cable with the two plugs side by side, with the cable at the bottom, and the latch side away from you. You can see the colours of the wires. The pins are numbered 1 to 8 from left to right. The wire starting at pin 1 of one plug should end at pin 3 of the other. Similarly, 2 --> 6, 3 --> 1, 6 -- 1. The others don't matter. If it's not like that, it's not a crossover. :D Graham L (2)
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