noobclocker1277

will a cross over cable work when one pc is runnig vista and the other is runnng 7

Edit: vista is 32bit and 7 is 64bit if it matters

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BIGGUN

You dont need a crossover cable a standard cable will work.
Auto-negotiation.

G|F.E.A.D|Killa

it depends on the board, some can do without, some need it, i remember back when XP came out the current hardware needed crossover. most atleast.

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BIGGUN

You're right. If its gigabit then it will work with standard cable.

noobclocker1277

ok quick edit. the pc running vista is a lappy, i thought about just taking the hard drive out and pluging it in to my rig but as i will be transfering often i thought it best to get the cable

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BIGGUN

If both the laptop and the other pc have gigabit nic then a standard ethernet cable works perfect.

noobclocker1277

i tired that but i couldn't figuer out how to do it

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BIGGUN

Do you have network discovery turned on?

noobclocker1277

i am not sure, how do i tell, or better yet ca n any one link me to a page that has a walkthrough

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captthunderpnts

You will need to assign static IP addresses to both computers while using the crossover cable, or you will not detect a network connection regardless.

For instance, you will most likely want to use the 255.255.255.0 Subnet mask, and assign the IP's as 192.168.0.1 and 192.168.0.2, respectively.