Hi Joyce,
Do you mean that you are connecting them directly to each other with a
single standard cable?
This will not work. You either need a hub or switch to connect them
to, or you have to use a special crossover cable.
Russ Poffenberger
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On Aug 20, 2009, at 4:53 PM, Joyce E <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> It's supposed to be so simple, right? Both machines are running XP
> Pro, SP 2. I have them hooked together with a simple ethernet
> cable. The master computer keeps telling me "a network cable is
> unplugged," and I can't get the two computers to "talk" to one
> another.
>
> One computer is an eMachines; the other is a Compaq. That shouldn't
> have anything to do with it -- should it?! TIA for any help here;
> I'm trying to set this up for a friend of mine. (Of course we all
> know MS doesn't make things any easier for us...)
>
> Joyce in SE Ohio
>
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