Crossover network between XP desktop and Win7 laptop.

[X-Gamer]

Hey guys,

I've been trying to setup direct Crossover cable link between a Win XP desktop (which has iBurst) and a Win 7 Home Basic laptop.
The purpose is Internet connection Sharing, but i have been unable to achieve that.

At one point, I had File and Printer Sharing working, and the connection was very stable at 12 MBps(96mbps) . (100mbps ethernet on CAT5e cable)

Then I tried getting the Internet Sharing to work (Google was consulted), then things stopped working completely and now I can't even get File and Printer sharing to work...

Could someone please assist?

 

[gregmcc]

Can you ping the machines name/IP from each other.

 

[RaFi]

Well, I had almost the same problem,I wanted to use internet sharing between Xp and Vista. I could ping and see both computers, but no success on the sharing. Finally I used FreeProxy http://www.handcraftedsoftware.org/index.php?page=4&action=file&file_id=3&sid=fb0859c0887ecf8c7fac012514d1e166 and that allowed me to share the internet connection successfully.

 

[X-Gamer]

Well, so far I've managed to get File and Print sharing to work, and watching Videos (HD Movie trailers. high bitrates) is a breeze.
And ping 'ing the ip's from both PC's works fine. The only problem is getting ICS to work.

I'll try the link you gave, RaFi, thanks.