Can't connect two PCs using Ethernet cable any more - Win 10 & Win 7


  1. Posts : 2
    Windows 10 Pro
       #1

    Can't connect two PCs using Ethernet cable any more - Win 10 & Win 7


    This used to be a simple network trick -> connect two Windows PCs using network cable, go into adapter settings -> IPv4 -> set one IP to 10.0.0.1 and the other 10.0.0.2, then you can easily see the other computer and copy/move files.

    Not when I upgraded one PC to Windows 10 (can't upgrade the other one yet, as it's work machine). Tried the above, can't see the other Windows. Symptoms include:
    - Windows 10 PC adapter status shows a lot of incoming traffic but outgoing traffic stays 0 bytes.
    - tried to edit group policy for default location for unidentified network (which is the case on both PCs) to be Private so I could share files
    - For "Private" networks, the network discovery is set to ON.

    Any ideas?
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  2. Posts : 3,257
    Windows 10 Pro
       #2

    You cannot connect two computers together using a normal network cable. Normal network cables are wired so that they are straight pass through. You need what's called a crossover cable, as these connect the transmit from one computer to the receive on the other.

    These cables are fairly hard to find, so it's usually much easier to simply get a cheap network switch.
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  3. Posts : 2
    Windows 10 Pro
    Thread Starter
       #3

    Mystere said:
    You cannot connect two computers together using a normal network cable.
    Modern network adapters don't require crossover cables -- they can accept normal network cables and mine did work fine before the Windows 10 upgrade.

    So I'd like to find out what's changed in Windows 10 network settings and how it does things differently. Thanks.
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  4. Posts : 1
    Windows 10
       #4

    I realize that it's been a year, but I was curious if you had any luck resolving this issue.
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  5. Posts : 1
    Windows 10 Pro 64-bit
       #5

    yt8019 said:
    This used to be a simple network trick -> connect two Windows PCs using network cable, go into adapter settings -> IPv4 -> set one IP to 10.0.0.1 and the other 10.0.0.2, then you can easily see the other computer and copy/move files.

    Not when I upgraded one PC to Windows 10 (can't upgrade the other one yet, as it's work machine). Tried the above, can't see the other Windows. Symptoms include:
    - Windows 10 PC adapter status shows a lot of incoming traffic but outgoing traffic stays 0 bytes.
    - tried to edit group policy for default location for unidentified network (which is the case on both PCs) to be Private so I could share files
    - For "Private" networks, the network discovery is set to ON.

    Any ideas?
    You can try sharing your your Wi-Fi internet using your ethernet nic.
    This solved the problem for me.
    This way you don't even have to fill in the IP addresses in each computer as the computer you have set to share your internet also acts as a DHCP server(which is cool).
    Also you don't need to have internet connected, just enable Internet Connection Sharing of any other network using ethernet.
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