Trouble Connecting 2 Computers

[Linkin Park]

I have 2 computers at home and have had trouble connecting them, One is a hewlet packward w/ Celeron 1.2GHZ Runing windows XP home edition and the other is an AMD athlon xp 1800+ runing windows XP Profesional Edition.

I Currently use dialup so no need for a router or hub so i just took some crossover cable and ran it through the attic, but when i got up there i realized that i was going to need some more cable so i went out and bought 30 more feet and bought something called a Crossover Compiler which juss basicly looks like its for plugging two cable together. So after i got it all hooked up I go and Enable my NIC card and it says when i enable the NIC card that there is a network cable unplugged...is it a software thing or is it that box thing that i used to connect the 2 crossover cables together. and is there such a thing and combing two crossover cables or do i have to go out and buy like a 60 foot one in order for it to work?

 

[Oni]

I'd just buy more cable, personally, or maybe take the connection box thingy back and see if you can get it replaced.

 

[RED Hot Machine]

Have you used two crossover cables connected together with a coupler ? If so i don't think that works, as that would turn the cable into a standard one. I think you would need a crossover cable and a straight cable when you use a coupler.

Is there any thing in the atic that could be effecting the cable with interference ?

I would move both machines next to each other and test each lenght of cable between the machine there.

 

[LutaWicasa]

If it is a crossover coupler you need two straight through cables, the crossover is done with the coupler. If you are using a straight through coupler you need only one crossover cable and one straight.

 

[fade2black]

Also, make sure the cable isn't running over any romex or flourescent light fixtures. UTP cable picks up EMI this way.

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[Linkin Park]

i was wondering...what if i cut the ends off that are in teh attic and solder them together would that work?

 

[Goldwing]

It "should" work but, I would look into one longer cable (not longer than 100 meters, approx 325 feet).

Also you need to get the correct wires connected I have seen different colored wires connected to the terminal pins on different cables.

Also I saw some straight through connectors the other day to lengthen Cat5 cables.

Good Luck.

 

[Wolfmist]

I'm not very knowledgeable in this area, but I do have experience with this problem. I wanted to shorten my ethernet cable so I clipped it and then referred to the other end to get the colors of the wires right before I crimped the connector on.

Here's where my problem came. Win XP said that the cable was unplugged when it was clearly plugged in at both ends.

It ended up being a stupid mistake of reversing all the wires on one end so it was backwards. I fixed that and it was fine after.

Hope this helps.

 

[Wolfmist]

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