not able to connect two laptop

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I am trying to connect two dell laptop using lan wire. But is it not connecting. I am not sure whether cable is cross cable or not. I am using that cable to connect my laptop to broad band modem.
Other than that wireless is available in both network. Is there any other way so that I can connect both laptop, as i want to transfer huge files from one to another.
OS: xp professinal sp3 and windows 7 premium

Well, if you arent sure then most probably it isnt a Cross cable.

How to connect 2 systems using LAN [Solved]

To connect two same devices ( for eg. two pcs or two routers ) with each other cross cable should be used and to connect twoi different devices straight through cable should be used. Most probably the cable you have is straight through cable so it can't be used to connect two pcs.

Make or buy a crossover lan cable and assign Ip address to the network adapters and you should be good to go ;-)