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There are times

when you want to

transfer your

important files and

documents from

one computer to

another.

Especially, if you

are to manage

multiple computers

on your home

network or a

workgroup,

transferring files

between them

becomes tedious. Though you can use the following alternatives to

transfer data.

Tip: Create Wireless Home Network Without Router in Windows 7/Vista.

1. The mostly used media to transfer files or documents is removable disk

(USB drive). But the drawback of the removable media is that if you want

to transfer a large amount of data, you need to divide that in various part

as the total data would not fit in the limited space of your USB drive. It is

also slow comparatively with the hard disk.

2. You can use Dropbox to sync files across multiple computers. Dropbox

is a great tool but it is useless with out an internet connection.

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Hence, you should use a fast, reliable and all time available way. One of

the best choice to transfer files between two Windows computers is

connecting them with an Ethernet cable.

The Ethernet cable is nothing but a simple cable connected with RJ45

clips at both ends. Bu it comes with two different configuration.

1. Straight-through cable.

2. Crossover cable.

You can see the configuration diagram of both types from the following

image.

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Where the crossover cable can be used only for file transferring, the

straight-through cable can be used in various purposes.

Here I will discuss how to connect two Windows computers on LAN though

an Ethernet crossover cable and how to transfer files, folders, videos,

pictures, images etc. between them.

Create a Home network using anEthernet crossover cable

Things that you’ll need:

1. A crossover or straight-through cable. This time I am using the

crossover cable.

2. Supported network card in both computer.

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3. Both of the computers should have the Ethernet driver installed in it.

Configuring the computers

Below are the steps involved in configuring your computer to connect

them on a LAN using Ethernet cable.

Step 1. In order to start the connection, you’ll have to assign different IP

address for both computers. To change the IP address of your computers

for the LAN connection, you should make changes in the LAN adapter

settings.

Open Control panel from the start menu and click on Network and

Internet and click on Network and Sharing center.

From the left sidebar, click on Change adapter settings.

Under the Network connections window select the appropriate icon

for your LAN adapter and right-click on it, then choose Properties.

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A Local Area Connection Properties box appears.

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Under the Network tab select Internet Protocol Version 4

(TCP/IPv4) and click on the Properties button.

Now set the addresses as mentioned below in each computer and

click OK.

At the first computer ( say, Computer 1):

IP address: 192.168.0.1

Subnet mask: 255.255.255.0

At the second computer ( say, Computer 2):

IP address: 192.168.0.2

Subnet mask: 255.255.255.0

Step 2. Now, connect one end of the cable into the Ethernet port of

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Computer 1 and the other end with the same of the Computer 2 and apply

the following steps in both the computers.

Right-click on Computer from the start menu and select Properties.

The system properties Control Panel window opens as shown below.

Click on Change settings and the System properties dialog box

appears. under the Computer Name tab, click on on the Change

button to assign a WORKGROUP. Assign the same workgroup name

for both computers otherwise it won’t work.

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Restart each computer. It does not matter which computer you restart

first. After starting both the computer, double-click on the Computer icon

at the start menu and then click on Network from the left side of the

explorer window.

In the computer 1, you should see an icon denoting your second

computer’s name under the Network window. Similarly, you can see that

the first computer has been appeared under the Network window of your

second computer.

If they do not appear, you should get a message prompting to turn on

Network Discovery and file Sharing. Click that security pop-up and

select “make the network a private network”. In case, you may have

to restart your computers.

Once you see the other computer in your Network computer window, just

double click on it. If the other computer is password protected, you will

have to enter the exact user name and password of that computer to get

access of the shared folder.

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If you want to share some files or folder of a computer with the other

computer on the network, right-click on that and select Share with >

Homegroup. Even you can share a total drive by right-clicking on it.

Let me know if you face any problem when sharing files between two

computers on LAN.

Also check out how to share Internet connection using an Ethernet cable.

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By Tanmay on March 15, 2011

Comments

Determine says:

April 12, 2011 at 9:39 pm

I cannot access the drives a

message is displayed “Drive

access not granted. Contact your

network administrator.” Please

help.

ReplyReply

Tanmay says:

April 12, 2011 at 9:43 pm

Are you the administrator in your

both computer?

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Determine says:

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April 12, 2011 at 9:52 pm

Yes, and I have turned off network

password.

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Tanmay says:

April 12, 2011 at 9:56 pm

Hmm..I can’t understand the

problem. Turn on Network

password and try to access your

remote computer by giving the

user name and password.

ReplyReply

Determine says:

April 13, 2011 at 7:12 am

Its working now without making any

changes. Thanks for sharing.

ReplyReply

Nurul Islam says:

April 16, 2011 at 7:39 am

Yah Its working. in previously I

wasn’t connect two pc’s. thanks a

lot for this help……….

ReplyReply

WONG says:

May 31, 2011 at 12:18 pm

I have follow the steps as you

mentioned but I could not proceed

even though I have provided with

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the correct username and

password of the other computer

which i’m trying to connect.It said

‘logon failure, unknown username

or bad password’.

Please advise.

ReplyReply

wolniq1 says:

June 17, 2011 at 8:26 am

Thanks a lot … its really a valuable

information and also the most

precious ones for most networking

people or networking students

……

ReplyReply

john says:

July 12, 2011 at 12:49 pm

if my laptop is configured for the

office network and i do the above,

won’t i destroy the work network

configuration, after which i

probably need the system admin to

add me back to the work network.

ReplyReply

Sumudu says:

July 14, 2011 at 10:47 pm

how i can share Internet using this

network ????

ReplyReply

Arif says:

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July 20, 2011 at 2:27 pm

After following this process, Under

networks I can see both computer

but when I doubble click on other

PC then wants permission but

there is no password on any PC.

ReplyReply

Mehmood says:

August 9, 2011 at 7:48 pm

hey dude after d last step, der was

a window showing….”detecting

problems and at las problem not

solved”….:(

ReplyReply

Akshit says:

August 29, 2011 at 9:08 pm

When i tried using this option to

transfer data btwn 2 laptops the

approx speed was around 1mbps,

is there a way to increase the

speed of the rate of transfer?

thanks for ur help :)

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Joe says:

September 26, 2011 at 5:27 pm

This was soo easy, it took me 7 yrs

to figure out how to network 2 pcs

directly. Noob proof directions. I

would expand on what a straight

through cable can do vs file

transfer only for crossover. Thnxs

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a lot.

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ARUN AGGARWAL says:

October 11, 2011 at 4:36 pm

when i tried to home Network on

both pc. but when i am restart our

pc’s , my computer automatic jump

to public network , please solve my

problem

ReplyReply

jeevan says:

October 25, 2011 at 11:18 am

thks for sharing..

ReplyReply

Sanjana Not says:

December 19, 2011 at 3:17 pm

lotz of thanx

ReplyReply

Mihiran says:

December 22, 2011 at 3:32 pm

thax lot

ReplyReply

Rajkiran says:

December 24, 2011 at 5:56 pm

its connecting but i need to change

settings for data sharing

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Alfred says:

January 7, 2012 at 1:37 am

I want to network two system using

win 7 . I want the easiest way to

network it. Also which of the

following cable will be suitable for

pairing two computer.is it twisted

pair cable or unshielded twisted

pair cable.

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Peter says:

January 25, 2012 at 11:09 pm

Hi

PC 1 = 192.168.1.xxx (wifi) –

multiple win 7 devices

IP device = 192.168.0.xxx – single

device (crossover cable), has no

windows OS – used for data

control.

How do I route between the 2

networks?

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Gul says:

March 6, 2012 at 2:06 pm

Not successful

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Darab Imteyaz says:

June 27, 2012 at 11:11 am

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Thank You so Much! it’s really

awesome!

. . . it’s help me alot. :)

Good work buddy! ( _̂ )̂ keep it up!

:)

ReplyReply

Sean says:

July 5, 2012 at 10:22 pm

i would like to find out as whats da

difference between a network

cable and a crossover cable.

ReplyReply

Bhupinder says:

July 19, 2012 at 11:39 am

cant ping the two pc’s..can access

data frm network

ReplyReply

harvinder says:

July 25, 2012 at 8:29 pm

I tried to connect two window 7

computers using lan by giving

them same work group name ip

addresses all that.they both ping

each other but when i went to

network icon it is not showing other

compute.y?

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Raymond says:

July 30, 2012 at 9:11 pm

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HELP.. i followed the steps but i

can’t see both my computer and

the other computer in network but

when i try to ping the other

computer’s IP it works (0% Loss)

and on the other computer it show

it’s computer name only (just 1 / it

self)

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Wealth Promise says:

August 2, 2012 at 5:41 am

How to share files and document

between two computer system

connected through cross over and

straight lan networking.

ReplyReply

David says:

August 7, 2012 at 9:09 am

After reading your article “Connect

Two Windows 7 Computers On

LAN Using Ethernet Cable” I found

something for you to test. I have

an Imac with windows7 installed

using Parallels 7 trying to network

with my HP Pavillion. Both are

running window7 home premium

64 bit. I followed your instructions

to the letter, but they won’t

connect. They both show

themselves as connected to the

network, but they won’t

communicate or recognize each

other. I have called every suppot

tech I can think of, and they are all

stumped, and of course, they are

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all looking for the router. I connect

to the internet via USB modems,

one for each computer as this is

my only option out here. No cable

or dsl, and I won’t use satellite. I’d

welcome any help I could get

ReplyReply

Wealth Promise says:

August 11, 2012 at 4:12 am

Please i want to locally connect 10

system to be able to share file,

document, music etc. How do i go

about it?

ReplyReply

eagle says:

August 14, 2012 at 1:58 pm

thanks for your experience note,

can i share more than two

computers at same time. pls give

me more information about

computers

ReplyReply

STEVEN says:

August 30, 2012 at 6:29 pm

IT IS REALLY USEFUL

INFORMATION. THANKS

ReplyReply

Harborbreeze ceiling fans says:

September 3, 2012 at 4:34 pm

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Yup!! it’s a interesting task I have

done work on Ethernet cables,

When I was a lecturer of

engineering college, that was my

work to connect system to internet

by LAN cables.

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Hampton Bay Fan Company fans

says:

September 17, 2012 at 2:01 pm

Hey its really very nice and useful

article. using Ethernet cable for

connecting systems are so typical

process and tough process but

this article makes it easy.

ReplyReply

cfa 1 exam says:

October 22, 2012 at 12:50 pm

Thanks for giving me this kind of

information. Iam very much

interested in networking so for me

this topic is really great to discuss.

ReplyReply

Dhanaji says:

October 30, 2012 at 6:21 pm

Thanks for provide this info,for

using this i have connected two

laptops.Thanks

ReplyReply

Dhanaji says:

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October 30, 2012 at 6:26 pm

I want information for secure the

PC from external hard drives.Plese

kindly provide detail information for

secure the USB drives.

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mayur pande says:

January 7, 2013 at 2:36 am

hi great tutorial, only problem im

having is the same as WONG did

previously. Every time i type in my

user name and password it says

they are wrong which cannot be.

please help!

thanks

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rutash says:

January 18, 2013 at 3:24 pm

for my case it says time out .i have

tried many times but invain .please

reply in mail.

sharma.rutash630@gmail.com

ReplyReply

Paa Kwesi says:

February 7, 2013 at 11:51 pm

Thanks very much for your help.

I’ve really learnt a lot and I hope to

get more tutorials like this from

you.

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Adhitya AIW says:

February 19, 2013 at 6:52 am

what should i do if it required

security password??

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mahesh yada says:

March 20, 2013 at 1:11 pm

With lan connection I can transfer

only in one laptop but in other

laptop it show the user name and

password dailog box I fill the user

name n password it would not

connect it

show //mahesh-pc/ rajesh

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subhash says:

March 22, 2013 at 8:32 pm

problem find .when i double click

on second computer

“window cannot access//subhash”

check the speling of the

name.otherwise,there might be a

problem with your network. to try to

identify and resolve network

problem,click dignostics.

my first pc is an laptop (win7) and

my second pc is an dekstop (win

xp).so please tell me this

connection is possible or not

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subhash says:

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March 22, 2013 at 8:58 pm

enter your name and password to

connect subhash

username and password me kya

enter karu

pls reply fast

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john says:

March 27, 2013 at 8:53 pm

Not a very comprehensive tutorial.

” If they do not appear, you should

get a message prompting to turn

on Network Discovery and file

Sharing. Click that security pop-up

and select “make the network a

private network”. In case, you may

have to restart your computers. ”

” you should get a message” ? –

problem, right there.

Had to enter advanced sharing

settings and turn it on from there.

Still , no luck. The other PC isn’t

showing on the network . I

restarted them both , again, and

the problem persists.

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