Posted by Marc Martin on
URL: https://www.es-forum.com/Connecting-2-PCs-with-some-kind-of-cable-tp3756498p3756515.html

> In California, I used to have a cable that connected my two PCs.
> I lost the cable when I moved, so I went to Staple's and asked
> them for a cable and how to connect the computers. They insisted
> that in Arizona it was not possible to connect without a router

For one, you should never believe anything told to you by a
retail employee.  :-)

For two, a simple Internet search will usually find you the
answers you are looking for.  I just did a search, and found
that an ethernet crossover cable is all that is needed to
connect two PC's together (no router).  Here are the
instructions:

http://www.howtodothings.com/computers-internet/how-to-connect-2-pcs-directly

Marc