Hello, I’m looking to make a small home network with only two computers. This will be used for file sharing/multiplayer gaming. What i’m looking to do is a create a peer-to-peer network just by connecting two NIC cards together. I find it to be a much more cost effective solution than buying a hub. My host machine will be a Win. XP box and my client will be a Win98 box. I’ve gotten a crossover line to connect the two computers together. However, i connect the two computers and my Win XP box comes up with the following status for my LAN connection: “Network Cable Unplugged.” I assigned them respective static IP addresses and changed any settings needed to get the network up and running but i can’t get passed step one, which is a working connection. Is there some reason that my peer to peer connection is not being detected and/or is faulty? Do i need a hub to make this networking solution? Please give me any tips or solutions possible, I would like to get this network up and running asap.
Thank you.
