Practical - 59 :- Create cabling in a lab with HUB/ Switch and lo Boxes and patch panel.

 

How to Connect Two Computers by Using Cross-Over Cable?

In This section involves the connectivity of the computers through a cross over cable, without using the network devices like switch or hub. However we will discuss the establishment of computer network by using the network devices in our subsequent section. In this Practical we are assuming that the user are having Windows operating system

 

STEPS

1. Switch ON the computers
2. Connect both computers with a cross over cable(Cat 5/6) having RJ 45
3. connector crimped at its both ends.
4. Go to control panel
5. Click on network connections
6. Right click on cable connections.
7. Click properties
8. Pick internet protocol (TCP/IP) & press properties.
9. Click on choose following IP address IP address: 1 choose 192.168.1.1bNetwork is 255.255.255.0
10. Press ok and close
11. Now repeat the steps (1 to 10) on the other computer but choose different IP address say it is 192.168.1.2 
12. Now test the connection by using cmd command

• Go to start
• Click Run
• Type cmd
• Type ping IP address if you are on system with IP 192.168.1.1 (i.e. ping
• 192.168.1.2)
• If it says time-out, that means that you don’t have a connection with other
• computer

Inter connectivity facilitates the data sharing among the computers. So, you are required to understand, “How to share the data among the computers, connected to each other in either mode i.e. wired or wireless ” Just follow the steps listed below and you will get the data shared among the computers, listed steps work for both wired and wireless connections.

How to Connect Computers USING HUB / SWITCH 

In section 1.3.1 we discussed How to connect computers using cross over cable?  in this section we are extending the concept of the computers connectivity through network devices like hub/switches. The steps desired to be performed are given below:

 

1. Connect the hub to the power source through its adapter and switch it ON
2. Take Straight cables with RJ 45 connector connected to its both ends, use it to connect the Network Interface Card(NIC) of all computer system to the different ports of Hub/switch as shown in the figure below.
   
   
   
3. Switch ON the computers
4. Go to control panel
5. Click on network connections
6. Right click on cable connections.
7. Click properties
8. Pick internet protocol (TCP/IP) & press properties.
9. Click on choose following IP address
10. IP address: 1 choose 192.168.1.1 Network is 255.255.255.0
11. Press ok and close
12. Now repeat the steps (1 to 10) on the other computer but choose different IP address say 192.168.1.2 for second computer and so on.
13. Now test the connection by using cmd command

• Go to start
• Click Run
• Type cmd
• Type ping IP address if you are on system with IP 192.168.1.1 (i.e. ping 192.168.1.2)
• If it says time-out, that means that you don’t have a connection with other computer