Recent content by zhopudey

Thanks, Shigemichi. It worked like a charm :)

Automatic settings work without a router or switch to do the dhcp thing? :) Will try this out. Thanks.

I tried that too, but still got "Unidentified Network". This is getting really frustrating. I'm thinking of putting XP on my backup PC now.

But I want to keep my internet and lan connections separate. Why can't I do it with just a crossover cable?

The adsl modem/router I use for my internet already has 4 10/100 ports. I could connect thru that. I wanted to keep the internet and the lan connection separate, though. It used to be so easy in XP. Isn't win7 supposed to make things easier? :P

Did you disable the firewall?

Hi harshman, did you get your network working? I'm trying to connect 2 PCs running win7 using a crossover cable, without any success. I've started a thread for it here - Link Removed Hope you can help me out. :)

Hi all, my 1st post here. :) I'm trying to connect 2 PCs running win7 using a crosscable. They're both on the 64-bit version currently, but I'll be shifting to 32-bit soon. I've connected a cat-6 crosscable to the onboard NICs on both PCs. One has an asus M3A78-EM board, and the other is an...