what wires to use for hookup with friends laptop?

[blamesociety]

what is all i need to have my computer hooked up to my friends laptop to play games and to trade music and movies of the sorts? he will be in my house

[Ryan]

get a router and some cat5 cables. Read the Instructions that come with the Router on how to hook it up

[Josh]

It would also be a lot easier if you both have Windows XP. I would recommend what kiTTie said. You are creating a small network, and you just transfer files. You can get up to 100 mbps. That should be fast enough.

[Urn]

If u dont have those, u cant use null-modem cable
(link via com or lpt).
Pretty low speed (but enough to play games) -
BUT u can make it yourself and ALL COMPUTERS have those ports.
Thats is +.

[torpedo009]

Isn't this possible using just a Cat5 Crossover cable?

[Xaenn]

yeah, it would be possible and if it's just for two people I would suggest using a cat5 crossover cable.