DCC with a CAT5e Cable?

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I know very little about networking and such. I was
reading this article
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?kbid=814982 and
found that I could use a Cat5 cable to connect two
computers directly. Can I link two network cards
toghether? I can't seem to figure it out, because I can
only seem to choose between parallel and serial port
connections. I figure there must be a way because this
article said this type of cable would work. Both
computers are running Windows XP and have an Intel
Pro/100 VM network card. Any assistance would be greatly
appreciated.
 
Each network card will have a socket on it the back of
the PC (it looks like a larger version of a modem jack)
which the cable plugs into, HOWEVER, if you are making a
direct connection between 2 machines (i.e no hub or
router) then you will need a cat 5 CROSSOVER cable. A
normal inline cable will not work (if you use the wrong
cable, you will get a "network cable unplugged" error
message)
 
CAT5 is the standard cable you use to connect computers
using NIC/Ethernet Cards. If you want to directly connect
one computer with another, you will need a "cross over
cable" - this is still CAT5 Cabling, only the wires inside
the cable cross over, RX goes to TX and visa versa... have
a search on google, you'll find hundreds of topics cover
this.
 
Forget DCC. Forget serial and parallel ports. Instead, take advantage of the
Network Interface Card (NIC) in each computer - resulting in greatly
increasing the speed of your data transfers.

For info on the subject, go to www.practicallynetworked.com, and pay close
attention to the type of cable needed. In some cases "crossover" cables are
required - as when connecting directly from one PC to the other. In other
cases, "straight-through" cables are required.

But definitely go to the above website.
 
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