Networking - Upstairs / Downstairs? [SOLVED]

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Ian Haines

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I have a Dell desktop tower downstairs. I have the identical machine upstairs. I want to link them together for pretty much all of the time, and I want to use cable - definitely not wireless! Can anybody tell me precisely what the items are that I need to acquire, in order to achieve this connection? Links to such an item, or such items, would be appreciated. (Windows 7 Professional SP1 on both machines.)
 
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James Mason

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Do you need them both connected to the internet?
Do you currently have them connected to the internet?
How far apart are they, like in feet?
Is your house wired for ethernet? (as in you have ethernet outlets in your walls)
Where's your Modem located?
Where's your Router located?
 
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Ian Haines

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Hi, James...

1. No. Neither machine will ever be Net connected when the link between machines is used.

2. Both are connected to the Net, when I'm at them, using only a broadband dongle - this home has no fixed broadband service.

3. 21 feet (deliberate overhead allowed for) and all obstructions can be drilled through.

4. This home has no Ethernet outlets, at all.

5. I have no modem or router...there is no fixed internet service. I use only dongle broadband.

I literally want this to be wired, only, and I've no idea as to whether or not that can even be done. I live alone and the landlord has already said that it's okay. I just need to go out of this upstairs machine, through the floor, along a picture rail and then just drop the cable to the floor, from where it'll be connected to the rear of the downstairs machine. I have concerns about the strength of the signal/s because of the length of the required cable, but I know too little about this subject to be able to judge on that, at all.

Thanks for your assistance, so far. :)
 
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So if all you want is for them to be directly connected to each other, than you just need a Crossover Cable.
It's a regular ethernet cable, but the wires are placed in a special way that allows two computers to be able to communicate with each other.
https://www.amazon.com/Belkin-50-Foot-Crossover-Molded-Networking/dp/B00004Z5T4

Then you'll have to make sure both computers are willing to let other computers connect to them.

http://ccm.net/faq/6340-connect-pcs-using-a-crossover-ethernet-cable
 
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Ian Haines

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That's great news, James. I thank you, heartily, for that, as my legs were getting shorter, going upstairs and downstairs, with hard drives and USB sticks, to move info' around! That was good of you, and thanks!
 
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