Which cable is used to connect computer to computer?

Answer 1

There are many ways to transfer information between computers, iPods, or any other storage device. The way in which you do it depends largely on your own experience. knowledge, computer, and the tools available to you. Things such as Flash Drives, compact disks (CD's), Cross over cables, and File Transfer Protocols (FTP) are all tools that you can use to transfer files. This is a brief over view of the different forms of file transference.

The first way to transfer files is through USB Drives; often called jump or flash drives. They come in a variety of sizes from 124 megabytes to several gigabytes. This is a relatively simple process and does not require high levels of knowledge. Make sure your drive can hold the files you are transferring so you don't try moving a file that is too large. It wont let you do this and you will end up either buying a new drive or having to use an alternate method of transference.

The second method I listed was CD's. This is not limited to just compact disks and may include, DVD's, floppy disks, or any other form of removable media. Common CD's will tell you how much information they hold, which on average is 700 megabytes worth of information; DVD's can hold at least 4.7 megabytes. They come in formats such as CD-R. CD-RW, DVD-R, or DVD-RW. If a disk is followed by "-R" it stands for readable, and once the information is on there you can not remove it. If a disk is followed by "-RW" it means that it is readable and writable, meaning you can change the information that is written to the disk. To use this method you will need to have a CD drive that is capable of writing on these kinds of disks. Most computers bought today, if not all, that have a CD drive will be able to perform this service to you. This is relatively simple but can be time consuming.

The third method in the list is cross-over cables. These are specific hard wire cables that allow two computers to communicate and send information between one another. The cables fit into your network jack on the motherboard of your computers and requires both computers to be connected. This requires some networking skills from the user. You must be able to set up a file sharing connection with your LAN port. Windows does a good job of giving you a "Wizard" to get it set up with little difficulty for the user.

The last method is a File Transfer Protocol. This again requires for the two computers to be networked, but not directly. One computers must create a shared folder and put information in that folder to be shared on a network. You MUST be very cautious when using this method of file transference. It opens your shared information to being seen by hackers if they are "sniffing" your network. There are alternative programs that you can use to perform these operations, but they are not hack proof.

These are the multiple ways in which you can transfer files between computers. There are probably more ways than listed, but these are more common forms of sharing information. I have used all of these listed methods and know how they work. Good luck in transferring your files.

Answer 2

Direct connections between two computers are usually achieved using what is know as an "Ethernet crossover cable". It should have "crossover cable" printed on the side. Trying to use a crossover cable in place of regular cable to connect to a network won't work - I know - I did it once by mistake (thought I was using a regular cable) and couldn't get a connection and couldn't figure out why not - until I notice the "CAT-5 crossover cable" printing on the side. It looks just like a regular CAT-5 cable, but the connections to the pins are somewhat reversed so that each computer treats the signal coming in as if it were coming from a network connection. The 10BASE-T and 100BASE-TX Ethernet standards use one wire pair for transmission in each direction. The Tx+ line from each device connects to the tip conductor, and the Tx- line is connected to the ring. This requires that the transmit pair of each device be connected to the receive pair of the device on the other end. When a terminal device is connected to a switch or hub, this crossover is done internally in the switch or hub. A standard straight through cable is used for this purpose where each pin of the connector on one end is connected to the corresponding pin on the other connector.

Answer 3

The two most common cables for transferring data files, music or otherwise, from one PC to another are a USB 2.0 transfer cable, and a Cross-Over Ethernet cable.

Answer 4

lan/ethernet cable. you also need a router since the cable itself will not do the job alone.

Answer 5

Some methods of transferring files between computers include using programs like Dropbox. One could transfer files using an USB stick which can be bought from a local hardware store.

Answer 6

The best way to transfer files from computer to computer is USB flash or CD. USB flash is better because its cheaper and there are more memory inside.

Answer 7

BitTorrent

TCP

UDP