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Title: Connect Link Station Mini directly to laptop
Post by: pingsid on January 26, 2009, 12:44:13 PM
   

Hi,

 

I have a linkstation mini and the transfer speeds are really bad due to my router which is only 100Mbps. 

 

My laptop has gigabit 1000mbps support. Is there a way I can connect the drive directly to my laptop using a cross over cable.

 

are there limitations with the cables too. Do I have to get a gigabit rated cable or any cat 5 would do.

 

Thanks

-Sid

Title: Re: Connect Link Station Mini directly to laptop
Post by: Dan_C on January 26, 2009, 05:17:54 PM

Any cat5 would do, you wouldn't need a crossover or anything. You would have to set a static address within the device first, and then set a static on the NIC card to the pc.

 

So if your linkstation had an internal IP of  192.168.11.172 you would set your nic cards IP address to 192.168.11.173

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