re: Question about 'Connect to a Windows XP system with a Windows 98 system over a Crossover Cable Network'
Sunday, April 20, 2003 at 9:18 am
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Posted by Tom
(2 messages posted)
I finally solved my laptop to win98 connection problem using a crossover cable.
It turned out that the cable is the problem. I decided to make my own cable last
weekend and it works at the full speed (100mbs or 100base-t). At closer look at
the bad cable seems to indicate that the tx-tx+ wires are not in the same twisted
pair so the signal is not protected from noise. Don't by cheap cable from fry's
electronics!
On Sunday, February 16, 2003 at 9:50 am, Tom wrote:
>I have had problem pinging between my win98 and winxp laptop using a crossover connector.
>
>I finally get everything working by lowerring the transfer speed to 10mbs. In the
>automatic mode, the cards would negotiate to 100mbs but I only see it worked once.
> I'm using a cheap d-link dfe-530tx card from Fry's on the win98 pc and I begin
>to wonder if it is causing the problem.
>
>
>You can control the card speed via the adapter card's config or property dialog
->
>advanced tab -> link speed/duplex mode setting
>
>Also, I set both of my pc on the same workgroup.
>
>win98 pc ip: 192.168.0.1, mask 255.255.255.0 no dns, no wins, no gateway
>
>winxp pc ip: 192.168.0.2, mask 255.255.255.0 no dns, no wins, gateway 192.168.0.1
>
>Hope this help
>TS
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