Networking help

[JackT]

I have two machines and both with 2 network ports:

Computer 1:

• 1 Gigabit port on motherboard
• 1 10/100 port from a 3COM PCI card

Computer 2:

• 2 Gigabit ports on motherboard

Both computers are connected to a router, with Comupter 1's 10/100 port and one of Computer 2's ports. Both are running Windows XP SP2.

With the two gigabit ports, I got myself a cat6 [crossover] cable to connect both together, for faster file transfers between the two.

Without the Internet ports connected, the transfer between the computers work like a charm at 50MB/s-55MB/s, but the Internet doesn't work when I decide to plug them in. Also, when I disable the crossover connection via the control panel, the Internet works fine but when I enable the port, the Internet suddenly drops (Firefox, etc).

How would I go about fixing my problem, which, in summary, is how to tell my computers which ports to use for each application.

[refraction]

you could try on both pc's selecting both connections then right clicking n selecting "Bridge Connections" dont know if itll work but its worth a try.

generally windows hates you using 2 lan connections.