Have you ever thought about networking your computers at home? If you have a small collection of computers around the house (and a small collection of computer users), you can connect each one of the computers to each other and share data, software and hardware including a single Internet connection. There are many creative uses for home networks, but this is an ideal situation when upgrading each computer with the same capability is financially out of the question. On a home network, each computer has access to the equipment of a better machine in the group as if they own the equipment.
Connecting computers with either an Ethernet cable or wireless connection to create a home network. The easiest and cheapest method to use an Ethernet connection, which requires a series of network cards, cables for each computer, and router. Network card is similar to the old modems we used in the past to connect to the Internet, but in a home network, it is used to communicate with any computer connected to the network.
You will want to first, select the computers that will connect to one another and then install the network card in each. Then you would connect the cable for each computer that will communicate with the server. This cable will not connect to the server directly. Instead, they will be connected to the router. To enable Internet access for each computer, this router will need to connect with a modem from the host machine.
Once the hardware is set correctly (you'll need to read the instruction manual of your equipment for details), you can then setup the network from Windows on each computer. In Windows, you can configure a home network similar to the way that you set up your Internet connection. Only this time, you will create a LAN (Local Area Network) connections.
Windows will guide you through the LAN settings after starting the computer and once finished, you can begin to connect one machine to the network. You can do this through Internet Explorer by typing in the address and the password required to access the router (the address and the password required to access the router in the router manual).
Connected to the network, each computer can send files back and forth, open programs on a remote computer, play sound and video files located on another computer, and share a single Internet account to browse the web, download files, or chat with someone in a country completely different. If a printer is available on only one computer in the network, every connected PC can send documents to it and print it. Children will enjoy the ability to play multi-player games and adults will enjoy the ability to blast a message to everyone at once or maintain a group schedule.
Since we describe a home network that will connect to the Internet, you are strongly advised to install a protective firewall program to thwart Internet viruses, worms, spyware or other harmful code. Firewalls prevent - but they do not repair. Only anti-virus and anti-spyware programs can reverse the damage. So you have to install a firewall on a computer that provides access to a computer, and then install anti-virus and anti-spyware programs on each of the remaining computers in the network.
Connecting computers with either an Ethernet cable or wireless connection to create a home network. The easiest and cheapest method to use an Ethernet connection, which requires a series of network cards, cables for each computer, and router. Network card is similar to the old modems we used in the past to connect to the Internet, but in a home network, it is used to communicate with any computer connected to the network.
You will want to first, select the computers that will connect to one another and then install the network card in each. Then you would connect the cable for each computer that will communicate with the server. This cable will not connect to the server directly. Instead, they will be connected to the router. To enable Internet access for each computer, this router will need to connect with a modem from the host machine.
Once the hardware is set correctly (you'll need to read the instruction manual of your equipment for details), you can then setup the network from Windows on each computer. In Windows, you can configure a home network similar to the way that you set up your Internet connection. Only this time, you will create a LAN (Local Area Network) connections.
Windows will guide you through the LAN settings after starting the computer and once finished, you can begin to connect one machine to the network. You can do this through Internet Explorer by typing in the address and the password required to access the router (the address and the password required to access the router in the router manual).
Connected to the network, each computer can send files back and forth, open programs on a remote computer, play sound and video files located on another computer, and share a single Internet account to browse the web, download files, or chat with someone in a country completely different. If a printer is available on only one computer in the network, every connected PC can send documents to it and print it. Children will enjoy the ability to play multi-player games and adults will enjoy the ability to blast a message to everyone at once or maintain a group schedule.
Since we describe a home network that will connect to the Internet, you are strongly advised to install a protective firewall program to thwart Internet viruses, worms, spyware or other harmful code. Firewalls prevent - but they do not repair. Only anti-virus and anti-spyware programs can reverse the damage. So you have to install a firewall on a computer that provides access to a computer, and then install anti-virus and anti-spyware programs on each of the remaining computers in the network.
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