P2P with crossover cable

[Rob]

I need to hook up two laptops running WindowsXP home for
file and wireless connection sharing with a crossover
cable. File sharing is a must, but we would also like to
share wireless if possible. I've tried several different
senerios in creating a new network connection and none
seem to work. If anyone could lead me to a tuorial on
how to set it up manually, I would appreciate it.

Thank you

[Steve Winograd]

In article >, "Rob"
> wrote:
>I need to hook up two laptops running WindowsXP home for
>file and wireless connection sharing with a crossover
>cable. File sharing is a must, but we would also like to
>share wireless if possible. I've tried several different
>senerios in creating a new network connection and none
>seem to work. If anyone could lead me to a tuorial on
>how to set it up manually, I would appreciate it.
>
>Thank you

Windows XP should automatically create a connection in the Network
Connections folder for each computer's NIC. You don't need to create
a connection yourself.

Running the Network Setup Wizard on each computer should make all the
necessary settings for networking the computers and sharing files:

XP ICS - Starting the Network Setup Wizard
http://www.practicallynetworked.com/sharing/xp_ics/networksetupwiz.htm\

I'm sorry, but I don't know what you mean by "share wireless".
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