Can you connect two computers together with an Ethernet cable to create a home network?

I want to share an internet connection and files from each hard drive of the two computers.I connected them with an ethernet cable but I can not get them to reconise each other one is a laptop that has a wireless internet connection (DSL) and the desk top has a dial up internet connection. please help me

Can you connect two computers together with an Ethernet cable to create a home network?nortan antivirus

Yes. It's generally done with a crossover cable. You can probably find specific directions with your Windows guide. It differs from one operating system to another, but you can fairly easily get two computers to recognize each other.

Can you connect two computers together with an Ethernet cable to create a home network?nortonantivirus

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to share 2 computers %26 there files all you do is use yahoo messenge on the 2 computers and send files over by the pm transfer from pc 1 to pc 2 or use msn same thing or windows messenger just login 1 id on pc 1 and id 2 on pc 2 then add the friends list and send files that what you do ... now to set up a router and a wireless network do this

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you conncet the ethernet cable to the back of the router on the port that is marked ethernet then you take the other end of the cable to the ethernet card on on the back of your pc you conncet it to the port marked ethernet