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Paladin2000 · 07-07-2003, 11:46 AM

Something just occured to me:

If you Do have a good crossover cable, you must remember to set the netwoek speed one of the PC to "10-full duplex" and leave the other one to "auto mode" or the PC will not be able to talk to each other because crossover cables can't handle 100 megabit connections. At least that is true for Windows 95/98. I don't know if this is true for Win2K or WInXP though.

For Win95/98, To set the link speed:

Control Panel-->Network-->(select you network adaptor), click onto the "property" button-->Select the "Advance" tab-->click on the "Link Speed/Duplex Mode" and set it to 10-full duplex--> click "OK" and restart PC.

[ 07-07-2003, 11:48 AM: Message edited by: Paladin2000 ]

07-07-2003, 11:46 AM	#4
Paladin2000 Fzoul Chembryl Join Date: February 19, 2002 Location: Your guess is as good as mine. Age: 53 Posts: 1,728	Something just occured to me: If you Do have a good crossover cable, you must remember to set the netwoek speed one of the PC to "10-full duplex" and leave the other one to "auto mode" or the PC will not be able to talk to each other because crossover cables can't handle 100 megabit connections. At least that is true for Windows 95/98. I don't know if this is true for Win2K or WInXP though. For Win95/98, To set the link speed: Control Panel-->Network-->(select you network adaptor), click onto the "property" button-->Select the "Advance" tab-->click on the "Link Speed/Duplex Mode" and set it to 10-full duplex--> click "OK" and restart PC. [ 07-07-2003, 11:48 AM: Message edited by: Paladin2000 ] __________________ (This is an invisible sig.)