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direct ethernet connection between two wirelessly connected Windows 7 laptops

I'm running two PCs, a desktop and a laptop with Windows 8 Release Preview ("Build 8400").

They are connected to the same router in infrastructure mode, thereby having wireless internet. Due to often file synchronization between the machines I want to establish a cable connection that allows direct file transfer, without needing to use the wireless. When I plug in the cable (normal, not cross-over), I see in "Control Panel\Network and Internet\Network Connections": "Ethernet - unidentified Network" on both PCs. Transferring a file between both still only uses the WiFi via the Router.

I noticed that when turning off the wifi on one PC, I can set up a shared internet connection that will work via Ethernet-cable, but since sometimes only one PC runs, sometimes the other one, I do not want to have the internet of one machine to be dependent on the other one being switched on.

I do not have a crossover-cable, but since I did connect the PCs already successfully (just without both being on the internet), I'm sure that this should also work with a normal ethernet cable.

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Marie. P.
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You computers both have two network interfaces, the WiFi and the Ethernet. You already mentioned that you have set the WiFi to automatic (DHCP) addresses and the Ethernet connection to manual IP addresses, which is good.

Now you need to make sure that the IP address ranges from those network interfaces do not overlap. You can easily accomplish this by setting your Ethernet cable connection IP addresses to a not-so-commonly used range like 10.34.0.1 on one computer and 10.34.0.2 on the other (subnet mask 255.255.255.0). Then you must change the network profile to "Home or Work" in order to make Windows accept connections between the tho computers.

Finally, you should then be able to access the other computer solely via Ethernet by using the IP address. In the explorer's address bar or in the start menu input line, just enter \\10.34.0.1 to view the other computer's shared files.

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The default IP for your router is 192.168.0.1 You mentioned you have one of your computers set to that IP. You should have your computers set to auto configure or change that computer that has 192.168.0.1 to something greater. Unless you changed your router address. Normally routers are set to x.x.x.1

You can access your router with a browser:

IP ADDRESS:    http://dlinkrouter or http://192.168.0.1
USERNAME:     admin
PASSWORD:

Change your router password right away. Those are the defaults. If you cannot logon, reset your router to defaults:

HOW DO I RESET MY DIR-652 ROUTER TO FACTORY DEFAULT SETTINGS? - Ensure the router is powered on. - Press and hold the reset button on the rear of the device for 20 seconds. Note: Resetting the router to factory default will erase the current configuration settings. To reconfigure your settings, log into the router as outlined in question 1, then run the Setup Wizard.

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WHY CAN I NOT GET AN INTERNET CONNECTION? - For Cable users make sure Clone MAC address option is ticked during Wizard installation (or enter the registered MAC) and make sure the service has been enabled/connected and is operational.

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