connecting 2 computers

My friend has been trying to connect his computer to another one, via XP.... it doesn't seem to be working tho... any suggestions??

the only thing we could think of was a firewall, or router... neither are the problem(no router, firewalls off)

 

Force the ip's

Computer 1 (192.168.0.1)
Computer 2 (192.168.0.2)

Should have more luck, and make sure they share the same computer network name. The default is (Home) or something of the such, so that much should already be done.

 

thanks man... I'll let you know how it goes!

 

thanks Nikki ,
how do you force the ip's ?

 

network connections under control panel
right click on the LAN icons and you should see tcp/ip
that's where you do it

 

thanks

 

did it work

 

if it being connected directly from computer to computer (ie. no hubs switches routers etc) then you need a crasover cat 5 cable...not just a regular network cable...and they need to have the same workgroup as mentioned before.

 

no not yet

 

if your on eastlink, i dont recommend doing that???
shhhhhh!!!

 

Can you ping one pc to the other?