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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