Computer to Computer?

[amh38]

Hey guys,

I was wondering if I could directly connect two computers to eachother through a firewire cable. I have a Mac and a PC that are hooked up to the same firewire cable and I need to transfer some files, but I don't want to use the internet because that takes forever. Anyways. I would really appreciate any help with this. Thanks in advance.

Sincerely,

Alexander

 

[PC eye]

You just missed the discussion on using a crossover cable to perform the exact same task. You can even make your own for this. http://www.littlewhitedog.com/content-8.html

 

[pcspecialist]

You can just go to Best Buy or Circuit City and buy a crossover cable. Obviously it's more expensive to buy it than to make your own, but I bought mine. I have no idea how to make a crossover cable. Haha.

 

[PC eye]

The link mentioned earlier is seen at http://www.computerforum.com/56120-...p-my-computer.html?highlight=crossover+cables

 

[SirKenin]

You can do it with firewire and it's much faster than using NICs.

Here is a Google search. Pick any of the links to learn more:

http://www.google.com/search?q=network+with+firewire

 

[chrisalviola]

yes you can do that its a cross over connection for lan card to lan card on both PC's, you need to put IP addresses on both PC to copy files.

 

[chrisalviola]

actually you can buy a ready made cross over cable for 5 meters in stores

 

[loque]

You can use any Ethernet cable; it doesn't have to be a cross-over cable. All recent NICs are now auto-sensing.