settings for connecting 2 computers for data transfer.

[krunal4amity]

what are the computer settings to connect two computers via a data cable for data transfer purpose.?

i need to transfer all contents of my computer to my laptop without using usb or dvds.?
i want to use the data cable.
what are the settings i have to do.

[Saman]

You didn't clarify what data cable you are going to use. I assume that you are going to use a the serial ports (RS232) of both machines. If that is the case, you need to use a DB9 Null- modem (or cross over cable).

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You need to prepare the cable as below.

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Once you prepare cable, you can use Hyper Terminal (that comes with Windows) to transfer files over serial port.

[krunal4amity]

i had seen one of my friends doing it using the broadband cable wire-the one that you connect to the modem that gives you 100 mbps. my friend connected one such wire to two computers, did some settings in terms of portal adress and then it was easy to transfer data by simply copy-pasting at the rate of 1gbps.
though thanks for this method.

[Saman]

i had seen one of my friends doing it using the broadband cable wire-the one that you connect to the modem that gives you 100 mbps. my friend connected one such wire to two computers, did some settings in terms of portal adress and then it was easy to transfer data by simply copy-pasting at the rate of 1gbps.
though thanks for this method.

Broadband cable is a usual telephone cable with 2 or 4 wires. The right cable for 100Mbps Ethernet (IEEE 802.3u) is called CAT 5 cable that comes with 8 copper wires. Most commonly used wire for network communication is called UTP CAT 5 (Unshielded Twisted Pair Category 5).

According to my knowledge, ordinary modems can't communicate in 100 Mbps. The maximum I know is 56 Kbps. (Standard RS232 can only communicate at a maximum rate of 128 Kbps). DSL modems (broadband) that comes as a separate equipment (called DSL modem or DSL router) can go up to 50 Mbps.

Standards that comes under wired Ethernet (IEEE 802.3) can achieve far more speeds as 10 Gbps.

If you make a Ethernet Crossover Cable and have two network cards on the two PCs, you can setup a workgroup under Windows and share files (You can simply see the shared folders and copy/paste/delete files as you want). If you use Gigabit Ethernet cards, you can achieve 1 Gbps transfer rate. You will have to do following settings.

1. Preparation of the cable
2. IP Address settings (Unless a DHCP Server is running)
3. Workgroup settings

If you have the network cards, it will not take more than 10 minutes to get all these setup and running.

I don't see any other possibility based on my knowledge on hardware standards. Shall we ask your friend to join the Topic and clarify so we can have a good discussion?