Posted by Marc Martin on Feb 18, 2012; 3:44pm
URL: https://www.es-forum.com/Connecting-2-PCs-with-some-kind-of-cable-tp3756498p3756525.html

> 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

Oh, and a second search revealed that you connect two PC's together
via certain serial or USB cables:

  http://en.kioskea.net/faq/342-connecting-two-computers-with-a-usb-cable

These may be too specialized to find at Staples... you may need to
instead buy them online.

Marc