I don't know if that is the right title but here goes. The computer I'm on is connected to the internet via dial-up and has a printer connected to it. My computer has no internet connection, but has many graphics programs and things that I would like to transfer the the internet connected computer. I had the computers networked when I had highspeed internet and a cable modem, but I'm not sure how to network them now that their both not on the internet. So my question is, how do I network these two computers? (I know it's probably very simple)

You will need lan cards on both of the computers. Then follow the following steps :
1. Connect lan cards of both the computers with a cross cable.
2. Assign private IP address of same class to both computers (say 192.168.0.1 and 192.168.0.2).
3. Make sure that workgroup of both the computers is same to share files among them.
4. To share files and internet connection you can run network setup wizard from control panel>network connections.
5. To share your internet connection you can use a proxy server also.

I hope this will help you.

regards
abhay

Well, maybe I'm just a little dumb in this area. First I should have made it clear, I'm using Windows XP. Second, I'm not trying to set up an internet connection because I'm on dial-up, so I don't think we can share that. I went to Control Panel>Network Connections and tried to set up a new connection. There were many options. All I want to do is share files. I couldn't find that. Everything was about internet connection. The only connections left unused on this computer are USB ports and an Ethernet port. I have both of those unused on the other computer also, but I have no clue how to connect them to share files. Like I said in my first post, maybe networking was the wrong title for this. Can someone give me a clue? I'm just plain stupid when it comes to this kinda stuff.

Simple. Get a crossover cable and connect your two computers together (assuming both have NIC cards). Then you just share what you need on either computer and then just access what you need from each computer. If you need anymore assistance, please ask. I'm a networking genius and I have a high reputation around for being good at networking... not only that, I've won many networking competitons. I know what I'm talking about.

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i think both have a NIC card and since he is a norm person when it comes to tech stuff.. NIC card is just a plan Lan Card where you put those local access cables.

NIC cards are sometimes optional.. if you have two computers and both have a modem.. you can just create a null modem settings or modem to modem setup.. meaning that both modem are connected to each other. just be sure to put a phone line cable going from one pc to the other pc.

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i am not as good as 'nightfox' but i got a reputation in file sharing and stealth computer share.
My specialty are Xcables and network tunnels..

Cross over networking cable is your best friend. Modem to modem is going to be rather slow, but can work. I installed a NIC in my dad's old compaq with windows 98 SE so we could quickly transfer over a bunch of files including some large graphics files and movie files that were once edited with Adobe Premiere many moons ago. It worked out extremely well only taking a few minutes to transfer.

This post has been edited by unimatrix: Mar 15 2007, 10:26 PM

nice thing for mentioning this one.. Xcable or cross cable can have you a connection speed of 100kbps up depending on your lan card speed while on modem to modem.. most of the time the speed is around 56kbos or sometimes lower..

kbps is the unit of speed in computer transmission..

i guess that you are not going to use modems anyway...

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if you are only transfering files in just one time setup.. just attached the harddisk of the other computer to into the motherboard of the other computer. then copy files, speed is limited on how fast your harddisk can read and write data.. i am using a specialise harddisk bay in my computer where i just put the harddisk in an adaptor, slide it in my harddisk cradle and all cables snap in..

Yeah, you also have the option vhortex gave... just move the hard disk (don't forget to set the jumper settings!) into the computer you want to transfer them to. Windows (assuming this is your OS of choice) should see it as drive E:, F:, G:, H:, etc. depending on if you have other drives. If you only have a C: and D:, then this second hard disk will be seen as E:. Once you copy everything over, just set the jumpers back and place the drive back into the other computer and you'll be good to go!

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Heck if you have an ADSL modem, as far as I know, chances are you have 2 options of connection, ETHERNET and USB.

Simply use ETHERNET in one and USB in the other (USB connected will probably need a driver installed for it).

And that's it, my DHCP or w/e automatically assigns my main computer with 10.0.0.2 and my brothers with 10.0.0.1, and we share files all the time through the use of DCC Send in mIRC so I can print out work and stuff for him.

connecting two computer using modem without using phone line
Networking Computers Without Modem?

1) Is it possible to connect DIRECTELY two computers just using two modems

Directely connected with a rj11 cable???

2) How can we do it using Hyper Terminal and ATA+<ENTER> on the server and ATD+<Enter> on the client in order to exchange files???

With what operative system? Windows, Mac, Linux etc.?

-Ujjwal