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511487	2007-01-01 03:11:00	Hi All and Happy New Year. I have 2 XP machines, 1 that I want to use just as a back up drive. They both have burners drives so I could transfer by DVD/CD but that would seem cumbersome. What I would like to do is to cable one machine to the other and send files though a network. Question is what sort of cables do I need and do I need any special programs apart from what comes built into Win XP. Any other issues that I need to know about. I want to keep this simple but the files I want to transfer are video files so it would need a reasonable speed. Thanks for any help Paul	Paul Camford (10007)
511488	2007-01-01 03:36:00	Info here (faqf1.net.nz) In the FAQ No all u have to do is configure windows. The speed depends on how u network them. Using either Ethernet, or wireless, and if by Ethernet. It depends on whether both of your network cards are 10/100. Or 10/100/1000. But the speed is pretty reasonable, with either 10/100 or Gigabit. And if u have Gigabit lans, you'll also need a Gigabit hub, if u have a hub to get Gigabit speed.	Speedy Gonzales (78)
511489	2007-01-01 04:58:00	Hi Speedy, Thanks for the info. I didn't think about the card side of it. I have found ports that I think are LAN ports on both computers. One port has a digram of 3 connected monitors near it. If I have LAN ports does that mean that there will be network card behind each one ? Paul	Paul Camford (10007)
511490	2007-01-01 06:32:00	Thats it, the monitors imprinted on the back of the case means there's a network card on board. And yup that means the network card is on the other side. All u need is the Ethernet cable, a crossover cable, or an Ethernet hub to connect the 2. Then after that, all u have to do is enter ip addresses on both, and share a folder, to connect the 2. And configure any firewalls, if any are installed. Once the 2 are connected, it'll tell u on the taskbar what they're connected at (either 10/100, or 1GB (for Gigabit network cards). You won't notice that much of a diff with 10/100 or GB network cards. When u transfer files between the 2.	Speedy Gonzales (78)
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