Can sumone help me with Networking

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okay i have two computers, one is XP pro with SP2 and ones with Xp Home SP2, i've tried making lan alot of times and the closest i've been is sharing files. can sumone explain step by step how to lan these two computers so that i can play games with each other but not share internet. All i have is a cross over cable and i don't want to buy a router or hub so can sumone plz tell me how to do this?
i really wanna play the same game with my brother
thanx if you can help me. :giddy:
 
you need to configure the TCP/IP manually on both machines.
If you use DIAL-up to access the internet, then this should do the trick
first, there's some common stuff to both machines

subnet mask 255.255.255.0
dns address 127.0.0.1

each machine gets a unique address
192.168.0.10 .... 192.168.0.20
and the gateway on one is the address of the other
192.168.0.20 .... 192.168.0.10

each machine should be able to ping the other
run CMD and enter
ping 192.168.0.20
ping 192.168.0.10
both should work.

now you should be able to enable File Sharing on both machines.
be sure to set the Firewall to enable Filesharing
(or allow 192.168.0/32 tcp+upd ports 139+445 )

Once this is all working, you may need to recreate your dialup
account to ensure it is still working too.
 
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