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    Direct LAN connection; W7 to OS X

    Discussion in 'Networking and Wireless' started by JCMS, Jul 20, 2011.

  1. JCMS

    JCMS Notebook Prophet

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    Hey guys. Haven't posted here in a long time!

    I'm downloading Lion right now and I have a 33GB W7 VM that I need to backup to my other laptop (doing a clean install...)

    I can't go through my job's network because it's gonna hog too much (and too slow..)

    I have a cat5 cable. I want to plug one side on my job's laptop and the other side on my MBP. When I do that, nothing happens in OS X except I loose my wireless internet access. On W7, it tries to scan the network but just ends up disabling it.

    Anyways to do that?
     
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    find a crossover cable and set static IP adresses since there is no router, get 2 regular cables and a switch and set statics, or hunt an old router and 2 patch cables
     
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