Friday 28 December 2012

How to connect Windows XP to 7/8 through LAN using an RJ-45 connector cable..?

Recently, i played Need For Speed Most Wanted in a LAN mode. I faced a lot of difficulty in making up the connection. But, i knew the exact way to establish the connection.

Lets start making the connection -
  •  Turn on both the machines ( in my case,i used desktop with XP and LAPTOP with 7 )
  • Connect the machines via cable
  • It would show limited connectivity in XP & 7 would say it as unidentified network.
    This is because sometimes the IPs of the PCs may be identical, leading to duplicate IP addresses in the network
  • Firstly, you need to decide, which machine you want to make as server. You should choose that machine which has comparably good performance.
  • In my case, i choose desktop (XP). Goto Network Connections and select properties ( right click appropriate network and then select properties ). By default, following window appears


  • Select properties of 'Internet Protocol (TCP/IP)'
                     


  • select 'Use the following IP address' and enter details as following window and its done for XP machine



  • For Windows 7, Goto Network and sharing centre
  • Select your network(it may be unidentified network) and goto lan connection, following window will appear.
  • click on properties button,and following window will appear.
  • scroll for IPv4 and click on properties.

  • Then enter details as follows.


 Its done.The computers are connected..!!!
Note - for multiple computers(using a switch or a hub), while configuring network IP addresses, on third position write the significant numbers 3,4,5,etc.

Example - For third computer, in the IP address field, write 192.168.0.3 and other fields should be kept same.

My opinion - I would prefer router, in place of switch/hub, as it is a smarter device and assigns IP addresses itself to all nodes and maintains network intelligently.

- Vish

11 comments:

  1. Thank you, but I think I still have a problem, I did like what u suggested, I've set all the IP addresses, but on my win 7 it still says "Unidentified Network", I'll try to attach an image but I don't know if it'll appear, cause this is my first time attaching an image, here it goes...

    http://i1282.photobucket.com/albums/a535/Michael_Ezio2012/be177f73-d85f-4f9f-8c94-b69cf05a6434_zpsdab34032.jpg

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    1. Firstly, chech whether the cable you are using, is a crossover cable..!!
      You should use crossover cable for connecting a computer to another computer or router, and for other devices, use the simple cat-5 /6 UTP cable.
      And use the exact static values for all the attributes, what i have used. Then try going to Network and Sharing Center, go for set up a new network connection by following the simple steps, which you night already know.
      According to me, then the connection should be done.

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  2. Dear Sir, Very Very Thanks a lot your assistance & Service

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  3. There is an error in windows xp internet protocol properties picture.
    Ip address may be 192.168.0.1 but Default gateway must be 192.168.0.2
    please correct that picture.
    thank you

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    1. All the pictures are perfect, as the connection is tested and everything is working fine.

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  4. bhai i have also same type of machine but in my case i cant see any network on laptop

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    1. It would be helpful if you could post some details, so that I can help you with the issue.

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  5. It’s a nice post and I was looking for this information. This will be very helpful to me. So, thank you so much for it.

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  6. can you help me as i want to connect acctv dvr usinga crossover cable as i cant connect a wire to my router but i can connect it thru my nearest pc which is win7 I did it once but the hub router lost it i am very very stressed i live in bad for crime area

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