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Yes, but you need something in between to avoid power issues, as both ends are usually powered.
There are special cables made exactly for this purpose:
There are special cables made exactly for this purpose:
The ones I've seen are call Lap-Link's (I guess because they are usually used for connecting two laptops) as bcastner says they have a small device in the cabling to avoid USB powered cable issue's.
The best/cheapest way, as you probably are aware? is to connect PC to PC via two network cards and a "crossover" RJ45 network cable.
PCI network cards cost literally nothing! $8/$12 and crossover cables are commonly available at even less.
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The best/cheapest way, as you probably are aware? is to connect PC to PC via two network cards and a "crossover" RJ45 network cable.
PCI network cards cost literally nothing! $8/$12 and crossover cables are commonly available at even less.
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Fair enough!
But I will point out a PCI ethernet card can be fitted in under 1 minute, costs less than $15 and in most cases, under XP, doesn't even need a 3rd party driver.
They really are the easiest of addon's to fit (just in case you didn't already know that?)
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Fair enough!
But I will point out a PCI ethernet card can be fitted in under 1 minute, costs less than $15 and in most cases, under XP, doesn't even need a 3rd party driver.
They really are the easiest of addon's to fit (just in case you didn't already know that?)
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As well, many computers already have network cards installed, at least most since the later Pentium IIIs.
Lee
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The XP "Direct Connect" feature is often given short shrift. Without opening the box and adding additional hardware, XP supports direct connection using parallel ports, serial ports, "firewire" and USB. I have seen small firewire networks were Ethernet would be put to shame.
I carry in my kit bag an ethernet cross-over cables, but the use of the available alternatives strikes me as perfectly reasonable. Helmig discusses how to use Direct Cable Connections under various Windows OS versions in a series of articles:
It should not be dismissed out of hand as a solution.
I carry in my kit bag an ethernet cross-over cables, but the use of the available alternatives strikes me as perfectly reasonable. Helmig discusses how to use Direct Cable Connections under various Windows OS versions in a series of articles:
It should not be dismissed out of hand as a solution.
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