With two ethernet cards

[Kashif]

Hi guys
little problem
i installed two ethernet cards on my pc (using windows XP Pro)
on one i am using cable net and on other i want to connect to home network pc i used cross cable to connect both but limited conectivety
wat should i have to do?
any good solution or configurations
thanks

[chrisbliss18]

• What do you mean by "limited connectivity"?
• Why are you setting it up this way?
• Why not just use a router?

[Kashif]

• What do you mean by "limited connectivity"?
• Why are you setting it up this way?
• Why not just use a router?

they are not pinging each other
why should i use router for one home pc to connect with my pc
so i decided to use two LAN card on which one is connected with Internet cable service and other with My home PC with cross cable

[chrisbliss18]

What steps have you done other than just plugging the two together using a crossover cable? Have you tried running the Network Setup Wizard on both machines?

I can understand why you don't want to use a router if there are just two machines, but the difficulties that you are experiencing shows just how valuable such tools are in preventing headaches when networking computers.

[DMR]

For the scenario you describe, you will need to configure Internet Connection Sharing (as mentioned in the link chrisbliss18 provided). Step-by-step instuctions for setting up ICS on Windows XP machines can be found here .