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Connecting two Windows PCs' network cards directly without a router?
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Mar 15, 20262762 viewsConfidence Score0%
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Is this still something that can be done? IIRC you can get a standard network cable and plug it between two network cards but I've never done it and in these days of wireless, haven't heard of anyone doing it for a while. For reference one PC is W7, the other XPSP3.
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Yes you can do this, though you might need a cross-over cable. However, if your cards are newish they may well support automatic MDI/MDI-X configuration . In which case a normal cable will work.
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