/me cracks knuckles…..
Ok, this is where it starts..
Goofball said
“If it`s just files between the two XP machines you want to transfer back and forth, I am able to do that with just a reg LAN cable between the two computer`s LAN ports, as long as both machines are set to share.”
That is NOT correct. Did I stutter???
The area that you are wrong is that you said “as long as both machines are set to share.” That is NOT correct. You will still have to ensure that there is connectivity between the computers. This is technicially done by using APIP, which is built into windows 98+ (I actually thought that is didn’t start until 2K but I was wrong there, seeing as how I never depend on it) APIP =Automatic Private IP Addressing Which basically means that if a computer running MS OSs does not reach a DHCP server, APIP uses a predetermined IP range and subnet (IP address range is 169.254.0.1 through 169.254.255.254 and the subnet is 255.255.0.0) That range is reserved specifically for microsoft. But the goofy part is that you can use WHAT EVER IP range that you want, being thatyou are on a private network you can use a 172 is you want or a 10., anything.. just doesn’t matter. But it has been my experience that this never works properly.
Another error is that goofball said that he can do this with a regular e-net cable.. WRONGO bucko… While I have only heard of higher end cards that will do their own switching, they are NOT common on the end user level. And I n 7+ years have never used one. And I have been able to find only 1 person that has heard of the type of card that Rukee says that he has. If Rukee has those cards it’s just that he was sold way more than he needed. I would like to see the make and model of the cards that Goofball has in his computers.
IS IT POSSIBLE??? SURE,
(though 20 different people that I work with have never used one, and only one has even heard of it)
IS IT LIKELY??? NOT FOR HIM
So was I wrong? In a sense of the word as 1 out of 20 people have only ever heard of an auto switching card, and that one said that it’s not the best idea in the world money wise or other due to packet latency/collision.