I needed to transfer 1TB of media files between my computers. I was about to purchase an external hard drive for this, but then I found this video. It saved me a lot of time and money. Thank you.
Man!!! You're the boss!! You have made it so easy. I've been watching so many videos and not get through, but your tutorial did it on the first try!! Nuff respect, from a grateful Jamaican!! Big up!!
if you're getting 10MB/second throughput, go to device manager on both machines and set adaptor to run @ gigabit speed. Obviously if the adaptor supports it (most do these days). Its a such a quick and easy way to transfer large amounts of data especially if you're a home user on home plugs/ wifi.
many years ago this was how I made most if not all my transferred made file mostly Auto Cad size where large also put on CD 750MB FED-EX to others, thanks for the video
Thank you very much for the help! I couldn't get my 2 computers to connect for the longest time but this information really helped me. it doesn't find the networks in the network directory but you can just run \\192.168.1.?? and it works like a charm. Thanks again for this video
Regular Ethernet cable worked for me last time I've done this, Crossover cables are not needed, maybe they are for older network cards, I actually dunno.
Crossover is used to connect two devices of the same type like pc to pc or switch to switch however many devices today support auto MDI-X capability also network cards support auto MDI-X capability
You can do it over a network, but a direct pc to pc network using a 1m crossover cable is theoretically faster. I cut off the end of an ISP ethernet cable and rewired it to create my own crossover cable :)
It's supposed part of the "spec" that if both devices have a Gigabit Ethernet NIC and you use any Cat6 cable the magic of Cat6 will operate as both a regular "patch cable" as well as a cross-over cable as needed. If either of the device have a 10/100 only NIC or you use a Cat5 cable this does not work.
Thank you, other videos arent as... specific. Had a bad router computer to router to computer connection that was 10-20MBz, now with a Crossover cable skipping the router IT IS 113MBz!!!!! this saved me a bunch of money from having to get a router that could handle the workload. they still have ports to connect to the router as well so 2 network connections each.
This has been an extremely useful tutorial! I'm really excited that it's just this easy! I _figured_ it could be done this way, using the Ethernet port, but I was never completely sure. Thanks!
Works well, finally i can transfer my 104gb gta 5 files from my 2011 potato pc to my new gaming pc in just 30 minutes from 7 hours using wifi, from nearly 2 days redownloading the whole game
@@madworker1927 Idk how to do that since it's a laptop, little bit harder than pcs, plus that hdd is like a $15 hdd that's slower than the world's slowest object on earth, so Even if i do managed to do it, both of the device is a laptop so i'm not 100% sure if you even can plug a second hdd in there to transfer the old files to a new ssd, and like i said, i dont want to use the old hdd because it's damn slow
Mentioning crossover cables and I have to say to this day I've never ever even seen this terminology before in the real world. Whenever I use an ethernet cable I have absolutely no idea if it's a straight through or crossover cable. I've bought all of mine at best buy, staples, Walmart, thrift shops, Amazon etc.
@Nicolas11x12 English ... Good enough. .. even great! Always use a crossover cable. Depending on the length, a quality CAT 6 is only a few dollars, (etc). Adapters may be iffy. And, that's four more physical connections. You don't want your computers discoverable over any network. Once you can see your connection to the other computer, make a shortcut to it. Put it on your desktop, or pin it to your start menu. Then, turn off all options in advanced sharing that allow any computer to be discoverable. (You can even turn off printer and file sharing. *) The way you described is, again, good enough... great! However, you have to start one computer, put the files in the shared folder, turn on the other computer, to then access those files, and visa versa. You mentioned nothing about desktops regarding a person having multiple mouse, keyboard, monitor, or not. Now, for laptops, with two laptops connected with a crossover cable, it's not such a big deal. (And, with laptops, you can have a shortcut on both computers, to initiate a connection, from either one.*) However, with two desktops, most people will be unplugging and re-plugging between computers, etc, to get setup, and to share files, OR, they will have a mess of cables/wires, from, maybe, an old mouse, keyboard, and monitor they don't even want or need on their desk, etc. So, for that: When everything is setup, your shortcut made, etc, enable *Remote Desktop. Then, if the two computers only have one mouse and keyboard, or, if you only want to use one mouse, etc, you simply start the other computer, give it time to boot, and it can be accessed from the main computer with the shortcut, with only the CAT crossover cable, (and password). You can use Windows 10 features like, SNAP Screen, and easily manipulate windows, to have both computers on the same monitor, having, for instance, split screen, or only one computer on the screen at a time, by minimizing one. Also, the entire contents of both computers are accessible, without putting files in a shared folder, then the other computer accessing those files, saving steps from one computer to another, and visa versa. Then, you just copy and paste, from where ever, to where ever. HINT: If you think your transfers are too slow, you can disable Internet on both computers to make sure it is using the LAN/crossover connection, and check speeds, versus when Internet was turned on, E.G. Wi-Fi. The simplest way to do that is use whatever Internet/connection button you have on the Notifications window, far, right of the taskbar, and just click the one for INTERNET AND OR WI-FI, to toggle off(/on). There is no way for me to say which, because I have no way of knowing everyone's settings/options. Obviously, don't accidentally turn off the Ethernet. :-p NEVER turn off any protection, such as password or firewall, etc, as you referenced. NEVER allow any options that would allow anyone to access either computer without the password. NEVER turn off password protected sharing on all networks, even temporarily! It's not necessary, and some may forget to re-enable it! An additional step that can be done when all is finished: In... Change adapter options... select Advanced on the toolbar... Advanced settings... then set the order of the connections. Microsoft Remote Desktop... Microsoft Windows Network Microsoft Web Client This is not necessary! And possibly, only useful if you actually use both computers a lot, using the Remote Desktop option. However, as we all know, different configurations may act differently regarding some aspects, and even regarding what version of Windows 10 is installed, so that may help with the LAN connecting to the other computer first via RD, and helping connecting speed. When connecting to/using the Internet, the necessary connection will be used. NOTE: "You" and "your", is used as a general word/term. :-)
Holy shesh This is the only video the worked right after dozens of bullshit 10mbs speed videos It lightened my mind to the crossover cable and the ipv4 settings that i had problems with while setting up. Dude u got my love Thank you soooo much i don't know what to say but thanks man u saved a lot of time and electricity!
Yeah, but once its all set up how do you move stuff from one pc to the other. You referred to the shared folder - what is that? It might be obvious to you, but...
Hi Thanks for this video. Followed all the steps. No joy. Get "access permissions" errors. Seems like packets have been transferred but also have "no network access" under IPv4/6 connections. Could this be due to not using a cross over cable? Thanks
Thanks a lot man I just transferred my data via a straight through ethernet cable. And I did everything the same as you except the default gateway to the other PC's IP address for both PCs. The transfer speed was 30/50Mbps it took me around 3 hours to transfer like 300GB so I'm happy with that! It would take so much longer if I had to put it to my external HDD (which is limited on storage) and then transferring it to the other PC.
I'm doing the same method, only with two normal ethernet cables connected via a switch, and I am not breaking speeds of 11.5MBs. Why is this? Is there a way I can speed it up?
Ok. WTF, this actually worked. i did ran into some errors like "You Can't Access This Shared Folder' because your organization's security policies block. " but i looked it up and fixed it and then it was working perfectly fine. Thanks a lot Edit: My speed however, was around 10Mbps. i wonder if anyone else had that problem....
If I want PC#2 to be able to connect and use the internet, does this solution work? Connecting it to PC#1 via a network card and leaving onboard ethernet connected to the router? Thanks!
i tried straight thru cable it works, its because of windows 7 or windows 10? way back before i read it need a crossover cable to enable 2 pc to communicate
I think software nowadays has auto-MDI or MXI or MDXI (forgot which one it is)....it detects automatically the type of cable it is and adjusts to the cable. Because the different between crossover and straight is how the 8 coloured wires you can see at the end of the cable. Basically you transmit and receive data through set cables. So another pc will transmit on the same cable that you transmit, so the electrical signal would clash in the middle. Silly right? Crossover reverses this at the two ends, but if a software detects it automatically then it can just reverse T and R on the pins by itself.
It only changes the IP address for the Ethernet right; so when I unplug it, I don’t have to worry about changing any of the settings back unless I disabled my security
This worked for me, but the transfer speeds are very slow... averaging 2.5 MB/s. This is weird since both computers have network cards that are Gigabit enabled. Any ideas why this is so slow? Thanks.
Thanks for the tutorial. I have followed almost all the tutorial I can find online, but still struggling to make it work flawlessly. It works 1-2 times, but later I have issue with: between the 2 machines, only 1 machine is visible in the network. PC A can see PC A in network, PC B can see PC A in network... but none can see pc B in the network. It is driving me crazy because I have use this method to backup my files, and it just suddenly stop working after 1-2 times.
+Clive Ngu Have you tried going on to your network adaptor settings in device manager and changing the cards to "half duplex". This is slower than full duplex, but it apparently fixes the issue.
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The only tutorial that is meticulous enough to teach to the extent of no errors!
Works beautifully and saves my life when I have a 1mbps internet speed. Crushes it with 50-100MB/s transfer.
Awesome, I'm happy to hear that. :)
Thank you! Instead of 5 hours 30 mins i got it done in 22 minutes!
how big was the file?
I needed to transfer 1TB of media files between my computers. I was about to purchase an external hard drive for this, but then I found this video. It saved me a lot of time and money. Thank you.
You're very welcome. :)
It actually worked. I tried so many other tutorials but never got a foolproof solution. This is epic. Thank you so much.
You're welcome. I'm happy it worked for you! :)
Man!!! You're the boss!! You have made it so easy. I've been watching so many videos and not get through, but your tutorial did it on the first try!! Nuff respect, from a grateful Jamaican!! Big up!!
Thank you, I'm glad my video could help you setting this up. :)
I tried with a straight through cable...and its working very good...
Oh thank you!!!! I am so appreciative of the straightforward and no bs tutorial. Easy to follow and works like a charm! You are an absolute legend!
I'm happy it all worked out for you!
Thank you for your super kind words!
still working till now, pretty epic may i add :)
if you're getting 10MB/second throughput, go to device manager on both machines and set adaptor to run @ gigabit speed. Obviously if the adaptor supports it (most do these days). Its a such a quick and easy way to transfer large amounts of data especially if you're a home user on home plugs/ wifi.
what are the steps?
Steps !??
many years ago this was how I made most if not all my transferred made file mostly Auto Cad size where large also put on CD 750MB FED-EX to others, thanks for the video
Oh, nice! Thank you. :)
I knew a different way but this is a lot better. Thank you so much! You have safe my life. I Love you
You're welcome. I'm happy I could help. :)
Thank you very much for the help! I couldn't get my 2 computers to connect for the longest time but this information really helped me. it doesn't find the networks in the network directory but you can just run \\192.168.1.?? and it works like a charm. Thanks again for this video
You're welcome. :)
WORKS EVEN WITH A REGULAR ETHERNET WIRE! THANK YOU A LOT
omg it actually worked! this was a pretty short and straightforward tutorial for such a complicated process, good job!
Regular Ethernet cable worked for me last time I've done this, Crossover cables are not needed, maybe they are for older network cards, I actually dunno.
Crossover is used to connect two devices of the same type like pc to pc or switch to switch however many devices today support auto MDI-X capability also network cards support auto MDI-X capability
You can do it over a network, but a direct pc to pc network using a 1m crossover cable is theoretically faster. I cut off the end of an ISP ethernet cable and rewired it to create my own crossover cable :)
It's supposed part of the "spec" that if both devices have a Gigabit Ethernet NIC and you use any Cat6 cable the magic of Cat6 will operate as both a regular "patch cable" as well as a cross-over cable as needed. If either of the device have a 10/100 only NIC or you use a Cat5 cable this does not work.
Modern network cards can do the crossing internally by themselves. So whether you use straight or crossover, it doesn't matter.
I like this tutorial it sounded very friendly
Thank you. :)
Thank you, other videos arent as... specific. Had a bad router computer to router to computer connection that was 10-20MBz, now with a Crossover cable skipping the router IT IS 113MBz!!!!! this saved me a bunch of money from having to get a router that could handle the workload. they still have ports to connect to the router as well so 2 network connections each.
OMG, thank you so much. God bless you man..... It's like my years old wish
This has been an extremely useful tutorial! I'm really excited that it's just this easy! I _figured_ it could be done this way, using the Ethernet port, but I was never completely sure. Thanks!
You're very welcome! Thanks for your kind words. :)
That manual IP address thingy solved everything thanks mayn 🔥
Happy to help! :)
Thank you so much for this video. Really more helpful than many videos watched on TH-cam.
used a straight through and still works
Awesome!
IIRC, you don't even need a crossover cable to do this these days. Regular Ethernet cables should work.
This has been super useful! Just got a new computer, and really needed a quick way to transfer my files over!
Working as intended. No bullshit, strait to the point. Very informative and good video !! Have my like and comment.
Thanks a lot. Never thought it would be so simple.Tried to email a 50 gb folder to myself and the compressing took forever.
Glad I could help!
If I may ask, what compression tool did you try using? :)
Works well, finally i can transfer my 104gb gta 5 files from my 2011 potato pc to my new gaming pc in just 30 minutes from 7 hours using wifi, from nearly 2 days redownloading the whole game
Bro remove the ssd/hdd and put it inside your new pc
@@madworker1927 Idk how to do that since it's a laptop, little bit harder than pcs, plus that hdd is like a $15 hdd that's slower than the world's slowest object on earth, so
Even if i do managed to do it, both of the device is a laptop so i'm not 100% sure if you even can plug a second hdd in there to transfer the old files to a new ssd, and like i said, i dont want to use the old hdd because it's damn slow
I got lost as soon as u mentioned Win10, but it /is/ a nice video, very calming voice. thanks anyway!
Thank you! :)
Thanks a lot...I had a problem for 3days but your solution was the best💯💯🔥🔥🔥
Happy it worked for you! :)
nice!
no more redownloading entire games over slow internet 👌👌
Best Tutorial for this Thanks!
I love it.. Its working.. Another knowledge added for school 😊
I believe that process is the same using 2 PCS or laptops with different version of windows, like as Win7 and Win8 or 10. Is that right?
Brilliant stuff! Wasted my time for other crap.
Mentioning crossover cables and I have to say to this day I've never ever even seen this terminology before in the real world.
Whenever I use an ethernet cable I have absolutely no idea if it's a straight through or crossover cable. I've bought all of mine at best buy, staples, Walmart, thrift shops, Amazon etc.
You got a sub for this. I forgot a step and this led me right to it. Thank you!
much love buddy💜
getting solid 113mb/s damm
Thanks boss
Loved the presentation
@Nicolas11x12 English ... Good enough.
.. even great!
Always use a crossover cable.
Depending on the length, a quality CAT 6 is only a few dollars, (etc). Adapters may be iffy. And, that's four more physical connections.
You don't want your computers discoverable over any network.
Once you can see your connection to the other computer, make a shortcut to it.
Put it on your desktop, or pin it to your start menu.
Then, turn off all options in advanced sharing that allow any computer to be discoverable. (You can even turn off printer and file sharing.
*)
The way you described is, again, good enough... great! However, you have to start one computer, put the files in the shared folder, turn on the other computer, to then access those files, and visa versa. You mentioned nothing about desktops regarding a person having multiple mouse, keyboard, monitor, or not.
Now, for laptops, with two laptops connected with a crossover cable, it's not such a big deal. (And, with laptops, you can have a shortcut on both computers, to initiate a connection, from either one.*)
However, with two desktops, most people will be unplugging and re-plugging between computers, etc, to get setup, and to share files, OR, they will have a mess of cables/wires, from, maybe, an old mouse, keyboard, and monitor they don't even want or need on their desk, etc. So, for that:
When everything is setup, your shortcut made, etc, enable *Remote Desktop. Then, if the two computers only have one mouse and keyboard, or, if you only want to use one mouse, etc, you simply start the other computer, give it time to boot, and it can be accessed from the main computer with the shortcut, with only the CAT crossover cable, (and password). You can use Windows 10 features like, SNAP Screen, and easily manipulate windows, to have both computers on the same monitor, having, for instance, split screen, or only one computer on the screen at a time, by minimizing one. Also, the entire contents of both computers are accessible, without putting files in a shared folder, then the other computer accessing those files, saving steps from one computer to another, and visa versa.
Then, you just copy and paste, from where ever, to where ever. HINT: If you think your transfers are too slow, you can disable Internet on both computers to make sure it is using the LAN/crossover connection, and check speeds, versus when Internet was turned on, E.G. Wi-Fi. The simplest way to do that is use whatever Internet/connection button you have on the Notifications window, far, right of the taskbar, and just click the one for INTERNET AND OR WI-FI, to toggle off(/on). There is no way for me to say which, because I have no way of knowing everyone's settings/options. Obviously, don't accidentally turn off the Ethernet. :-p
NEVER turn off any protection, such as password or firewall, etc, as you referenced.
NEVER allow any options that would allow anyone to access either computer without the password.
NEVER turn off password protected sharing on all networks, even temporarily! It's not necessary, and some may forget to re-enable it!
An additional step that can be done when all is finished: In... Change adapter options... select Advanced on the toolbar... Advanced settings... then set the order of the connections.
Microsoft Remote Desktop...
Microsoft Windows Network
Microsoft Web Client
This is not necessary! And possibly, only useful if you actually use both computers a lot, using the Remote Desktop option. However, as we all know, different configurations may act differently regarding some aspects, and even regarding what version of Windows 10 is installed, so that may help with the LAN connecting to the other computer first via RD, and helping connecting speed. When connecting to/using the Internet, the necessary connection will be used.
NOTE: "You" and "your", is used as a general word/term. :-)
how tf this does this have one like
@@alphnx LOL! I don't know? But, it was not from me. :-p
Holy shesh
This is the only video the worked right after dozens of bullshit 10mbs speed videos
It lightened my mind to the crossover cable and the ipv4 settings that i had problems with while setting up.
Dude u got my love
Thank you soooo much i don't know what to say but thanks man u saved a lot of time and electricity!
Works, just saved me 7h+ waiting
THAT YOU SO MUCH FOR MAKING THIS VIDEO!!!! Really made it clear and fast.
Other than allowing every would-be hacker to 'discover' your PC, the tutorial is pretty good.
tried to transfer forza horizon 3 from PC to LAPTOP but still getting 10 mbps , both have realtek GBE controller. plz help
Watched lots of videos and this is the only one that worked. Thanks!
Thanks.. I subbed and nice voice over my dude
Thank you, very much appreciated. :)
thanks for this! I just used a cat5 and worked.
Incredible video dude, seriously.
Thank you!
Wow, it really works. Feels like i have a bigger brain now.
Thanks a lot brother love from insane from India
You're welcome! :)
Best method. Transferred 43GB file in seconds
Yeah, but once its all set up how do you move stuff from one pc to the other. You referred to the shared folder - what is that? It might be obvious to you, but...
Hi
Thanks for this video.
Followed all the steps.
No joy. Get "access permissions" errors.
Seems like packets have been transferred but also have "no network access" under IPv4/6 connections.
Could this be due to not using a cross over cable?
Thanks
Thankyou your tutorial was very helpful
You're welcome. Thank you for watching. :)
Very useful and clear tutorial. Many thanks!
Simple and quick video
ON settings .. ips .. share folder
Without making the networks private
Run \\ ip of pc
OFF the firwall
wished icould like this video over and over..
Thank you for sharing such an informative video. Please share a video where a network printer can be shared with two different networks.
شكراً جزيلاً thank you❤️
Thank you so much you're beautiful man! I have a tower which i cant conect to wifi and a pc that conects to wifi, so you saved me
Hello bro.... You are the best.... Thanks very much for this wonderful tutorial video......
I tested it and it worked perfectly..... Thanks much...
So happy it worked for you! You're welcome. :)
Thanks bro now i know how to transfer 24 gb file within 22 mnutes... Love u bro !
Thanks a lot man I just transferred my data via a straight through ethernet cable. And I did everything the same as you except the default gateway to the other PC's IP address for both PCs. The transfer speed was 30/50Mbps it took me around 3 hours to transfer like 300GB so I'm happy with that! It would take so much longer if I had to put it to my external HDD (which is limited on storage) and then transferring it to the other PC.
LEGEND.
nice video clear and fast , thanks
Simple, effective and to to the point. Well it works for me 😉
Good to hear! :)
1 no. Samjhaye h chacha.....
Extremley helpful. Thanks
Thank you so much bro, this is the only video that solved my issue for months.
FTP on my Regular Ethernet cable work for me with 6Gpbs Speed :)
Also make sure to go back into properties and clear that IP address, had struggled trying to get internet access back again after
I'm doing the same method, only with two normal ethernet cables connected via a switch, and I am not breaking speeds of 11.5MBs. Why is this? Is there a way I can speed it up?
Thanks, man, really helpful.
The only video thats usable ...
Ok. WTF, this actually worked.
i did ran into some errors like
"You Can't Access This Shared Folder' because your organization's security policies block.
" but i looked it up and fixed it and then it was working perfectly fine.
Thanks a lot
Edit: My speed however, was around 10Mbps. i wonder if anyone else had that problem....
speed depends on the cable you're using, there are many cable categories, such as cat6, cate-5 ...etc
Speed depends on your network card and your cable.
If I want PC#2 to be able to connect and use the internet, does this solution work? Connecting it to PC#1 via a network card and leaving onboard ethernet connected to the router? Thanks!
Hey, i want to add my old hard drive to the new pc that has already win10 installed if i just plug it to the new will my data same as it was
Yes
Great Video. The static IP part is not that clear for me. Should it be any class C IP to type in, where did you exactly get those IPs?
i tried straight thru cable it works, its because of windows 7 or windows 10?
way back before i read it need a crossover cable to enable 2 pc to communicate
I think software nowadays has auto-MDI or MXI or MDXI (forgot which one it is)....it detects automatically the type of cable it is and adjusts to the cable. Because the different between crossover and straight is how the 8 coloured wires you can see at the end of the cable. Basically you transmit and receive data through set cables. So another pc will transmit on the same cable that you transmit, so the electrical signal would clash in the middle. Silly right? Crossover reverses this at the two ends, but if a software detects it automatically then it can just reverse T and R on the pins by itself.
Simple because file has already uploaded every one has a permission can access it so it's 1 way communication
This worked great! Thank you
It only changes the IP address for the Ethernet right; so when I unplug it, I don’t have to worry about changing any of the settings back unless I disabled my security
On PC #2 when turning off the password protected sharing and save changes it doesn't save the changes any help?
thanks a lot really you helped me
Glad to hear that! :)
Thank you so much!!!!!
You're very welcome! :)
That was very useful, thank you so much👍
Thank You Very Much Bro! Saved a lot of time :)
Thank you so much sir 🙏...great tutorial ❤️❤️
amazingly explained
those cat6 cords are twisted like mine, if you place on wall they look very bad
Bro you saved me❤️❤️
correct me if I'm wrong, but modern NIC cards do not need crossover cables to connect together any longer?
Thnx. It was super helpful
Very helpful thank you
Does this have to be two laptops or can it be one laptop and one rig? Thanks, Nice video 😃
Working either laptop to laptop and laptop to pc.
This worked for me, but the transfer speeds are very slow... averaging 2.5 MB/s. This is weird since both computers have network cards that are Gigabit enabled. Any ideas why this is so slow? Thanks.
Prob because of ur cpu and ssd or hdd.
Omg!.. thank you man ❤️ you are the best..
Happy I could help! :)
Sooooo helpful ty man
You're welcome! :)
Thanks for the tutorial. I have followed almost all the tutorial I can find online, but still struggling to make it work flawlessly. It works 1-2 times, but later I have issue with: between the 2 machines, only 1 machine is visible in the network. PC A can see PC A in network, PC B can see PC A in network... but none can see pc B in the network. It is driving me crazy because I have use this method to backup my files, and it just suddenly stop working after 1-2 times.
+Clive Ngu Have you tried going on to your network adaptor settings in device manager and changing the cards to "half duplex". This is slower than full duplex, but it apparently fixes the issue.
You're awesome, pal.