DCC with a CAT5e Cable?

[chad]

I know very little about networking and such. I was
reading this article
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?kbid=814982 and
found that I could use a Cat5 cable to connect two
computers directly. Can I link two network cards
toghether? I can't seem to figure it out, because I can
only seem to choose between parallel and serial port
connections. I figure there must be a way because this
article said this type of cable would work. Both
computers are running Windows XP and have an Intel
Pro/100 VM network card. Any assistance would be greatly
appreciated.

[Papa]

Forget DCC. Forget serial and parallel ports. Instead, take advantage of the
Network Interface Card (NIC) in each computer - resulting in greatly
increasing the speed of your data transfers.

For info on the subject, go to www.practicallynetworked.com, and pay close
attention to the type of cable needed. In some cases "crossover" cables are
required - as when connecting directly from one PC to the other. In other
cases, "straight-through" cables are required.

But definitely go to the above website.

"chad" > wrote in message
...
> I know very little about networking and such. I was
> reading this article
> http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?kbid=814982 and
> found that I could use a Cat5 cable to connect two
> computers directly. Can I link two network cards
> toghether? I can't seem to figure it out, because I can
> only seem to choose between parallel and serial port
> connections. I figure there must be a way because this
> article said this type of cable would work. Both
> computers are running Windows XP and have an Intel
> Pro/100 VM network card. Any assistance would be greatly
> appreciated.