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In this tutorial we see how to connect to computers together to share files and
resources. We can go about it either the wired way or the wireless one. But the
wireless way is pretty expensive. So in this tut, we consider the wired way.
To do it the wired way, we need either 2 normal ethernet cables and a Hub / Swit
ch. OR a crossover ethernet cable. We choose the 2nd way as it is more cost effe
ctive.
To create a LAN network using a crossover cable, we just need a crossover (Cross
crimped RJ45 / CAT5) cable and a LAN (Ethernet) card in both computers. Most co
mputer motherboards have onboard ethernet these days.
We refer to the 2 computers as PC1 and PC2.
First of all, we connect the cross crimped ethernet cable in the LAN RJ45 ports
of both the computers.
Now we start with configuring the computers.
PC1:
1. Just right-click My Computer and click Properties.
2. Select the Computer Name tab and click the Change button.
3. Change the computer name to whatever you want, here we name it PC1. Change th
e workgroup to WG. (The workgroup name should be the same in both computers)
4. Click OK.
Now, to configure the TCP/IP connection settings,
1. Goto Control Panel >> Network connections
2. Right-click on your LAN connection and click Properties . In the General tab, sele
ct Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) . Click the Properties button.
3. Set the Values
IP Address 192.168.0.1
Subnet Mask 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway 192.168.0.2
4. Click OK and you are done for PC1.
PC2:
1. Just right-click My Computer and click Properties.
2. Select the Computer Name tab and click the Change button.
3. Change the computer name to PC2. Change the workgroup to WG. (The workgroup n
ame should be the same in both computers)
4. Click OK.
Now, to configure the TCP/IP connection settings,
1. Goto Control Panel >> Network connections
2. Right-click on your LAN connection and click Properties . In the General tab, sele
ct Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) . Click the Properties button.
3. Set the Values
IP Address 192.168.0.2
Subnet Mask 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway 192.168.0.1
4. Click OK and you are done for PC2 as well.
If you have done the above part correctly, the computers will have detected each
other. If they don t, just restart both the computers.
You can access the other computer in My network Places . You can also play multi-pl
ayer games using this connection. For easier access you can map a drive on the n
etwork to a local drive by Tools >> Map network drive .