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Actually, if you're really planning on connecting ONLY 2 machines
(regardless of their platform), a hub has no advantage over a crossover
cable.
Hal
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>From: Tom Roth <tomroth@wfubmc.edu>
>To: winmac@lists.best.com
>Subject: Re: [WinMac] Peer to Peer with Crossover Cable?
>Date: Wed, May 17, 2000, 5:51 AM
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>> dhaslehurst@home.com wrote:
>>
>> I know it is very easy to network two Macs for file sharing using a
>> crossover cable. Can this be done with two PCs in the same way?
>
> I don't know why not though I've not done it myself with two PCs. I
> have used a simple, dumb hub to connect two Macs together and on another
> occasion, connected a Mac and a PC together using the same hub.
>
>> What would be the cheapest and easiest way to set up file sharing
>> between two PCs?
>
> If you're going to do it a lot I'd get a simple, dumb hub. They can be
> had for next to nothing. A crossover cable would probably be the least
> inexpensive option and for a one-time use perhaps the most economical.
>
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