I am upgrading a pc with windows xp for minecraft, and I have a pc with windows 7. Both pcs are desktops. First off I would like to say that I am actually a computer technician in training, so I am familiar with hardware, and most software on a pc. I have connected both computers via network cards with a crossover cable. I am now lost as to what to do next. To be honest, I hate networking, and cannot understand it at all so far, could someone link me to a Networking for Dummies, I don't understand how to connect my windows 7 computer to the xp network. My goal here is to create an offline network that I can use for minecraft LAN parties.Thanks for any help.
You really don't need a crossover cable, majority of NICs support automatic crossover. For simplicity and if you want to have more then 2 computers just buy a cheap 10 port switch.
In your current set up both NICs should eventually just give them selves IPs if they are set to automatic configuration and no DHCP can be found.
You really don't need a crossover cable, majority of NICs support automatic crossover. For simplicity and if you want to have more then 2 computers just buy a cheap 10 port switch.
In your current set up both NICs should eventually just give them selves IPs if they are set to automatic configuration and no DHCP can be found.
A NIC (Network Interface Controller, as fm87 explained) is hardware that is found inside computers, it doesn't really have anything to do with 'networking terms', as you put it. Technically, if you 'understand hardware' you should know what a NIC is.
A NIC (Network Interface Controller, as fm87 explained) is hardware that is found inside computers, it doesn't really have anything to do with 'networking terms', as you put it. Technically, if you 'understand hardware' you should know what a NIC is.
*shrugs*
I don't recall using the word "understand" in my post...
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Most consumer computers today don't have discrete NICs, so it's no big surprise that someone who feels comfortable identifying major system components, is unfamiliar with the term.
Most consumer computers today don't have discrete NICs, so it's no big surprise that someone who feels comfortable identifying major system components, is unfamiliar with the term.
Most of the machines I've worked on have built in network capabilities on the motherboard.
Most of the machines I've worked on have built in network capabilities on the motherboard.
That probably just means you are young. Maybe 10 years ago everyone had NIC cards because they weren't built in, just like how everyone had sound cards.
Your easiest solution (which is actually hard to believe you don't have it set up already) is to have a router or a switch as someone had mentioned before. Instead of connecting your computer directly to your internet modem, you connect your modem to the router/switch and then the switch usually has 4 or more ports to plug in up to 4 computers at once. Then everything is pretty much automatic after that.
That probably just means you are young. Maybe 10 years ago everyone had NIC cards because they weren't built in, just like how everyone had sound cards.
I've still got a few old pavillions with no network interface on the mobo. It's something you don't really think about, PCs also didn't used to have sound output or even USB/COM ports as standard
In your current set up both NICs should eventually just give them selves IPs if they are set to automatic configuration and no DHCP can be found.
There is a networking guide here on the forums it should be enough to get the basics across.
http://www.minecraftforum.net/topic/1150426-networking-fundementals/
Can you explain what an NIC is?
IE: your ethernet adapter.
Thank you, I appreciate your patience. I am familiar with hardware terms inside of pcs, but am completely ignorant of networking terms.
These two quotes directly contradict each other.
A NIC (Network Interface Controller, as fm87 explained) is hardware that is found inside computers, it doesn't really have anything to do with 'networking terms', as you put it. Technically, if you 'understand hardware' you should know what a NIC is.
*shrugs*
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I don't recall using the word "understand" in my post...
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Most of the machines I've worked on have built in network capabilities on the motherboard.
Your easiest solution (which is actually hard to believe you don't have it set up already) is to have a router or a switch as someone had mentioned before. Instead of connecting your computer directly to your internet modem, you connect your modem to the router/switch and then the switch usually has 4 or more ports to plug in up to 4 computers at once. Then everything is pretty much automatic after that.