C charcborn Jan 18, 2007 #1 I have a dual port ethernet nic adapter and want to hookup two computer will this work
K Ken Blake, MVP Jan 18, 2007 #2 charcborn said: I have a dual port ethernet nic adapter and want to hookup two computers will this work? Click to expand... No. You can go directly from NIC to NIC if there are only two computers to be networked together, and you have to use a crossover cable. For a three-computer network such as you want, each computer has to connect to a hub, switch, or router.
charcborn said: I have a dual port ethernet nic adapter and want to hookup two computers will this work? Click to expand... No. You can go directly from NIC to NIC if there are only two computers to be networked together, and you have to use a crossover cable. For a three-computer network such as you want, each computer has to connect to a hub, switch, or router.
