Create your own LAN-Connect two computers

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div class="posthead" style="background-color: white; clear: left; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 17px; padding-top: 8px; position: relative;"> <h1 style="font-size: 20px; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: -1px; line-height: 28px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 10px;"> <br /></h1> </div> <div style="background-color: white; clear: left; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 17px;"> </div> <div class="post-body entry-content" style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 17px;"> <div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-16pDPNvTb4SAIc3YLUcYPNAqR1dOSy3VegXq4W1lXx-Hm1Z_S7cpHVvkFi5YLd4rS1hSfEwm-dvdmREBgzSZin69Rt0HvvNF2PMJ_K27wuzIbqCdnU_glCaFl0KHOSzjLXbuq7y07g4C/s1600/Two20united.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="border: 0px; color: #0033cc; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration: none;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><img border="0" height="155" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-16pDPNvTb4SAIc3YLUcYPNAqR1dOSy3VegXq4W1lXx-Hm1Z_S7cpHVvkFi5YLd4rS1hSfEwm-dvdmREBgzSZin69Rt0HvvNF2PMJ_K27wuzIbqCdnU_glCaFl0KHOSzjLXbuq7y07g4C/s400/Two20united.jpg" style="background-color: #f3f3f3; border-bottom-left-radius: 3px; border-bottom-right-radius: 3px; border-top-left-radius: 3px; border-top-right-radius: 3px; border: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); margin: 0px; padding: 5px;" width="400" /></span></a></div> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"></span><br /><div style="line-height: 24px;"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">Why is it needed??</span></b></span></div> <div style="font-weight: bold; line-height: 24px;"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br /></span></div> <div style="line-height: 24px;"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">If we connect two computers, it forms a network. The main advantage of a network is "resource sharing".</span></div> <div style="line-height: 24px;"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">We can share files and folders. </span></div> <div style="line-height: 24px;"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">We can share printers. </span></div> <div style="line-height: 24px;"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">We can play LAN games.</span></div> <div style="font-weight: bold; line-height: 24px;"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br /></span></div> <div style="font-weight: bold; line-height: 24px;"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">Here are the steps to connect two windows XP computers.</span></span></div> <div style="font-weight: bold; line-height: 24px;"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;"><br /></span></span></div> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 24px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">Things You Will Need:</span></b></span></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 24px;"><b><br /></b></span></span><br /><br /><div style="line-height: 24px;"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">1. A Crossover cabe – This is a Cat5 Ethernet Cable that the wires have been switched around to allow two computers to talk to each other.</span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; line-height: 24px; text-align: center;"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgcjU7XcYT9ih69jTeqAKfqzohkrcZLegqOAp9DLKCK5bhb9PyVwGuQFAnZxSzgIHCKQg93wQsBcPggzrYKxfScqRmhJ3J_RQa4sC5dHd_aPg_-15H__NvMagzx2q_QhacE5FG_ifs9U1F/s1600/article-page-main_ehow_images_a06_kr_d5_set-up-crossover-cables-800x800.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="border: 0px; color: #0033cc; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration: none;"><img border="0" height="195" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgcjU7XcYT9ih69jTeqAKfqzohkrcZLegqOAp9DLKCK5bhb9PyVwGuQFAnZxSzgIHCKQg93wQsBcPggzrYKxfScqRmhJ3J_RQa4sC5dHd_aPg_-15H__NvMagzx2q_QhacE5FG_ifs9U1F/s200/article-page-main_ehow_images_a06_kr_d5_set-up-crossover-cables-800x800.jpg" style="background-color: #f3f3f3; border-bottom-left-radius: 3px; border-bottom-right-radius: 3px; border-top-left-radius: 3px; border-top-right-radius: 3px; border: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); margin: 0px; padding: 5px;" width="200" /></a></span></div> <div style="line-height: 24px;"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br /></span></div> <div style="line-height: 24px;"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">2. Ethernet adapter or in simple terms the port on the back of your pc where you are going to insert this cable.</span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; line-height: 24px; text-align: center;"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqVZ3fy4yJ-JqznZF1f5tDu7taoxr_6OlPHnNgBCqIQQSMST1IkDAMl2EXltAFaH-_cgM-G6l3QUm-3NFfgulF2HOSv0ZOWzdfJYLuZxFzMP1J9kbI2NcBkq1-nYJqmDkoNWucvoOK_ZqC/s1600/M501-1262-main2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="border: 0px; color: #0033cc; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration: none;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqVZ3fy4yJ-JqznZF1f5tDu7taoxr_6OlPHnNgBCqIQQSMST1IkDAMl2EXltAFaH-_cgM-G6l3QUm-3NFfgulF2HOSv0ZOWzdfJYLuZxFzMP1J9kbI2NcBkq1-nYJqmDkoNWucvoOK_ZqC/s200/M501-1262-main2.jpg" style="background-color: #f3f3f3; border-bottom-left-radius: 3px; border-bottom-right-radius: 3px; border-top-left-radius: 3px; border-top-right-radius: 3px; border: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); margin: 0px; padding: 5px;" width="200" /></a></span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both;"> </div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both;"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 24px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">Steps:</span></b></span></span></div> <br /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 24px;">1. Connect the two computers with the crossover cable.</span></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"> </div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both;"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 24px;">2. Set the IP address on both computers. Goto Start > Control Panel > Network Connections ( Choose switch to classic view if you cannot see network connections ).</span></span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both;"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 24px;">3. Look for your Local Area Connection ethernet adapter, right click and choose properties.</span></span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both;"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 24px;">4. Select Internet Protocol TCP/IP and choose properties.</span></span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both;"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 24px;">5. Set the IP as 192.168.1.1 and the subnet mask of 255.255.255.0 on the first computer and 192.168.1.2 on the second with same subnet mask.</span></span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both;"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 24px;">6. click OK and OK/Close again.</span></span></div> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 24px;"><br /><br />NOTE: </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 24px;">To share your files, right click on any folder or drive and choose sharing to make them shared.</span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"> </div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both;"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 24px;">This can also be done with printers to be able to print from one computer while the printer is connected to the other.</span></div> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 24px;"><br /><br />If you are using Windows 7 : The steps are similar, you can find your Local Area Connection in Network and sharing centre.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br /><div style="line-height: 24px;"> <br /></div> <div style="line-height: 24px;"> Hope you liked this article.. 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Create your own LAN-Connect two computers

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