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Connecting laptop and a pc through LAN...

2 posts · originally from https://geek.digit.in/community/threads/connecting-laptop-and-a-pc-through-lan.25741/

cooldip10
cooldip10 Original post #1
Mar 20, 2006 at 9:08 PM
Hi guys,
I've a laptop and a pc. I want to connect them through LAN.. I have the CAT5 LAN wire.. I connected them. But in vain... My pc has onboard LAN card { Intel 845 GV} and my laptop's card is 'gigabit' .
mediator
mediator #2
Mar 20, 2006 at 11:44 PM
I dunno abt lan cards a lot...but i guess u have ur PCs connected! Just try ping them from each other. If it affirms then its very simple!
Neways this topic has been covered a no. of times in detail.So try searching first or view ma posts!