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  2. Ethernet crossover cable - Wikipedia

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    An Ethernet crossover cable is a crossover cable for Ethernet used to connect computing devices together directly. It is most often used to connect two devices of the same type, e.g. two computers (via their network interface controllers ) or two switches to each other.

  3. Direct cable connection - Wikipedia

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    A Direct Cable Connection dialog box on Windows 95. Direct Cable Connection (DCC) is a feature of Microsoft Windows that allows a computer to transfer and share files (or connected printers) with another computer, via a connection using either the serial port, parallel port or the infrared port of each computer.

  4. Networking cable - Wikipedia

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    Networking cable is a piece of networking hardware used to connect one network device to other network devices or to connect two or more computers to share devices such as printers or scanners. Different types of network cables, such as coaxial cable , optical fiber cable , and twisted pair cables, are used depending on the network's topology ...

  5. Medium-dependent interface - Wikipedia

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    These are referred to as MDI and MDI-X (medium-dependent interface crossover). When connecting an MDI port to an MDI-X port, a straight-through cable is used, while to connect two MDI ports or two MDI-X ports, a crossover cable must be used. Conventionally, MDI is used on end devices and routers while MDI-X is used on hubs and switches.

  6. Crossover cable - Wikipedia

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    The crossing of wires in a cable or in a connector adaptor allows: connecting two devices directly, output of one to input of the other, letting two terminal (DTE) devices communicate without an interconnecting hub knot, i.e. PCs, linking two or more hubs, switches or routers (DCE) together, possibly to work as one wider device.

  7. Troubleshoot a broadband internet connection - AOL Help

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    2. Check the physical connection - A loose cable or cord can often be the cause of a connection problem. Make sure everything is securely connected to the wall and device. 3. Reboot your modem/router - Sometimes the old "turn it off and on again" approach actually does work! Just wait about five minutes before turning it back on to make sure ...

  8. Troubleshoot a dial-up connection - AOL Help

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    An active internet connection is required to be able to access all the best that America Online® offers. If you're using dial-up internet and can't connect, try the following troubleshooting steps: Check the dial tone - If you DO have one, it's likely the problem has something to do with your computer. If you DON'T, it's likely the problem has ...

  9. Laplink - Wikipedia

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    LapLink for Windows screenshot. Laplink (sometimes styled LapLink) is a proprietary software that was developed by Mark Eppley and sold by Traveling Software. [1] First available in 1983, [1] LapLink was used to synchronize, copy, or move, files between two PCs, in an era before local area networks, using the parallel port and a LapLink cable or serial port and a null modem cable [2] [3] [4 ...