Practical -63 :-Connecting computers with Network with Drop cable and using Wi-Fi configuration.

 

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

This section involves the connectivity of the computers through a cross over cable, without using the network devices like switch or hub. In this unit we are assuming that the user is 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   connector crimped at its both ends.
3. Go to control panel
4. Click on network connections
5. Right click on cable connections.
6. Click properties
7. Pick internet protocol (TCP/IP) & press properties.
8. Click on choose following IP address IP address: 1 choose 192.168.1.1
9. Network 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
12. address say it is 192.168.1.2
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

Interconnectivity 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