Using a Crossover connection¶

Server 1¶

select start, then select control panel from the list of available applications, then within control panel, select “Network and Sharing Centre” as below

You will now be presented with the network and sharing centre, from this window, please select “Change adapter settings” as below

Right click on your second adapter, and select properties, you will now be presented with the NIC properties as below, from this window, select “Internet Protocol Version 4 (IPv4) from the list, and select the “Properties” button

The IPv4 properties will now be displayed, in this pane, you will see a section relating to the IP address and a section relating to the DNS address as below

Select the radio button named “Use the following IP address”, once selected, you will see that the 3 fields below it become editable, at this point, you will need to enter the following information

• An internal IP address of your choosing (in this case we have used 10.0.0.23)

• The correct subnet mask for the address (in this case we have used 255.255.255.0)

• And the default gateway suitable for your chosen IP (Which in this case we have used 10.0.0.1

• Finally, make a note of these details, a you will need to ensure that the subnet mask and default gateway match when configuring the connection on the second server. (You may use the details which we have used, as these addresses are internal only) please configure the DNS entry with your normal DNS entries

Once you have entered the required information, please select “OK”

Server 2¶

Navigate to the Control panel as done for Server 1, select “Network and Sharing Centre”, and select “Change adapter settings”, you will now be presented with the connections which are enabled on your server as below

Again, right click on the second adapter and select Properties, within the resulting NIC properties window, select “Internet Protocol Version 4 (IPv4) from the list, and select the “Properties” button.

The IPv4 properties will now be displayed, again as with server 1, you will now see a section relating to the IP address and a section relating to the DNS address as below.

As Before, select the radio button named “Use the following IP address”, once selected, you will see the 3 fields below it become editable, at this point please enter the following information

• An Internal IP address of your choosing (This will need to be in the same range as on Server 1, for this example we have used 10.0.0.24)

• The Identical subnet mask which you used on server 1 (For this example, the subnet mask is 255.255.255.0)

• The Identical default gateway which you used on server 1 (For this example, the default gateway is 10.0.0.1) (Again, you may use these details if you wish when configuring your own connection)

Once you have entered the required information, please select “OK”.

Server 1¶

• Select start, type cmd and select the resulting cmd.exe icon, this will will open a Command Prompt

• In the Command Prompt, type ping 10.0.0.24 and press enter

• The Command Prompt should now display 4 ping responses with each line stating Reply from 10.0.0.24: bytes=32 time=1ms TTL=128 as below

If you receive the above, this test is successful

Server 2¶

• select start, type cmd and select the resulting cmd.exe icon, this will open a Command Prompt

• In the Command Prompt, type ping 10.0.0.23 and press enter

• The Command Prompt should now display 4 ping responses with each line stating Reply from 10.0.0.23: bytes=32 time=1ms TTL=128 as below

If you receive the above, this test is successful

• You can now reconfigure your application to use the IP addresses of the crossover connection to transfer your data via this link