Cross-over cable?

[Michael Kizer]

I have two computers (Win7) sitting in a new office with no hard wired connections (yet). They both are using wireless to connect to a router (some distance away) for internet access, at least until I can run cable to the office. The network connections themselves seem pretty stable, although the signal strength is typically "good" it can drop to "fair" at points. ID seems to be a little flaky with this setup, the slave become unresponsive every couple of minutes.

I was wondering if I could use a cross-over cable to connect these two computers, taking advantage of their unused ethernet ports. Has anyone done this successfully?

Theoretically, I should just be able to create an ad-hoc network with the cross-over cable and tell ID to use that "preferred network interface", correct?

~Michael Kizer
http://MichaelKizer.com

[James McCaughey]

Yes, all the systems require is a network connection between the systems you wish to control.  Newer systems will not require a cross-over cable.  They will detect the cable and the system on the other end and and get the data flowing properly.  I did this when I went to a friend's house because one system has a wireless NIC and the other does not and I was further away from the router than I had cable to reach, so I plugged in a patch cable and shared the wireless connection.  Voila two systems connected via one wireless NIC to the net and connected to each other for input director.

~Michael Kizer
http://MichaelKizer.com

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[Michael Kizer]

Thanks, I'll give that a shot.

~Michael Kizer
http://MichaelKizer.com