First you need a crossover Ethernet cable which connects Transmit lines to Receive and Receive lines to Transmit on a 10/100BaseT connection. Both computers need to have Ethernet IP address set in same range (e.g. 10.0.0.x) and same Subnet Mask and Gateway. e.g. IP address can be 10.0.0.5 on one machine and on other it can be 10.0.0.7 .. After that both computers connected to each other through a cross cable can see each other and transfer/share data.
A LAN (local area network)
Is a crossover cable needed to connect Host computers to the switch? Why or why not?
Usually older Ethernet switches needed to be connected using a crossover cable. Now, most modern switches have auto-crossover feature that lets you use a straight Ethernet cable. You could also connect two computers using a crossover cable, but like with switches, most Ethernet interfaces on computers also support auto-crossover.
Unless your hub has a switchable port, you use a crossover cable.
It's a type of computer cable where some of the strands inside are "crossed over" compared to a "straight through" cable. You only need a crossover cable if you are connecting a computer directly to another computer. If you are connecting a computer to any other device like a switch, or a router, then you use a straight through cable, which are easier to find and cheaper. You can google for a crossover cable and it will show you a picture of which pins are crossed over.
Connecting two PCs directly using a crossover cable will enable them communicate without using any intermediate network equipment. The connection will work since a crossover cable has TX (Transmitting) and RX (Receiving) terminals that allow direct communication.
The answer is crossover cable
Same device----> crossover cable Different device->Straight through cable
1. straigth cable are more effective than the crossover cable....
If both have a network connection you can use a crossover network cable.
Yes. This can be done with what is known as an Ethernet Crossover Cable. Connecting the NIC of one computer to the other. The cable can be bought or made and a quick search will show you a diagram of how it is wired. Basically the send and receive pairs are reversed on one end so that the send output signal goes directly to the receive input of the other and vice versa.
A crossover cable connects two computers without going through a switch. The data transmission happens just like in a switched environment. You still have to have a network client with viable addresses, and they have to be the same format, such as same subnet mask and default gateway.
A crossover cable is used when connecting 2 computers together and a straight cable is used to connect a computer to a networking device like a network switch or router. This has to do with the send/receive pins of the cords, obviously when you need to connect 2 computers together you dont want them to be both sending through the same pin, so they are swapped so that what one computer sends comes through the receive port of the other computer. Networking devices dont need this as they are designed to work with straight cables.