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by pavaniraja

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I want to connect two windows 98 systems with
UTP cable. I have installed Network adapter cards in both the systems and all the services and protocols TCP/IP, NetBUI. IP address is set for the both and I am unable to the each other systems. Cable is tested ok. What will be the solution

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by rawright

I'm assuming you're connecting directly, NIC to NIC. To do this you must use a crossover cable, not a straight UTP cable. It's easiest to purchase one, but you can make one by swapping the positions of the transmit pair (org-org/wht) and the receive pair (grn-grn/wht) on one end of the cable. 802.3 uses one pair in each direction, so one NIC's transmit pair must be connected to the other's receive pair. Alternatively, you can use straight cable and plug both into an inexpensive hub. This will allow you to add other PCs later, if the need should arise.

by onurzaim

You can't make a direct connection with one UTP cable. There are two ways to connect each computer with UTP cable. You need to bu a hub or use a crossover cable. You need to know the right color ode. You can get it from Cnet pages correctly.

If you have BNC cable output use a cable like the cables connected to TV's. It is very cheap and useful for peer to peer networks. I this Info is not enough please write it to me. I will give a you complete lesson about it.

by chris jaquess

To make your own crossover cable, I use this.

1--3
2--6
3--1
4--7
5--8
6--2
7--4
8--5

or if you prefer to do it by color

white-orange -to- white-blue
orange -to- green
white-blue -to- white-orange
blue -to- white-brown
white-green -to- brown
green -to- orange
white-brown -to- blue
brown -to- white-green

I hope this helps.
Chris

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