PHCreating LAN (Local area network “) between 2 pc’s can make sharing easy, you can quickly transfer your GB’s of data like documents, music, and media files from one computer to another. By connecting two computers via LAN can make your computer to play multiplayers games, you’ll just need to connect two computers, create a LAN connection, host a multiplayer game and play on.
In this tutorial I’ll show you how you can set up a LAN connections between two computers without using any modem, you’ll just only need a crossover Ethernet cable and that’s it.
So let’s create a LAN connection
The first thing you’ll have to make sure is, you have a crossover cable because cross-over and straight cable looks both same but works differently so, make sure you have a cross over cable because it’s a only way to connect two computers without a modem. This is how cross cable’s coding looks like.
Step 1 – Connection
Connected each end of your LAN cable into both of your computer’s Ethernet port to connect computer each other with cable.
Step 2 – Computer Setting
It’s time to setup an IP address in both computers. Follow this same process in both of your computers.
This IP address only works when you connect both computers via only crossover cable. If you have a modem and you want to connect both computers via modem, you’ll have to add the gateway IP as well. Then your IP should looks like this –
Step 3 – Sharing Setting
Step 4 – Workgroup Setting
In this setting we have to create a same workgroup for both computers to starts sharing on same workgroup. Workgroup setting must be same in both computers but the computer name should be different to identify the computer.
Now you will able to see your both computer in the network palace, to share your drive via network you’ll just need to turn on the drive sharing by making changes in drive properties.
Now we have done drive sharing in LAN networking successfully.
In this tutorial I’ll show you how you can set up a LAN connections between two computers without using any modem, you’ll just only need a crossover Ethernet cable and that’s it.
So let’s create a LAN connection
The first thing you’ll have to make sure is, you have a crossover cable because cross-over and straight cable looks both same but works differently so, make sure you have a cross over cable because it’s a only way to connect two computers without a modem. This is how cross cable’s coding looks like.
Step 1 – Connection
Connected each end of your LAN cable into both of your computer’s Ethernet port to connect computer each other with cable.
Step 2 – Computer Setting
It’s time to setup an IP address in both computers. Follow this same process in both of your computers.
- Open control panel window.
- Choose Network and Sharing Center button.
- From the left sidebar, click on Change adapter settings.
- Open your “local area connection” properties.
- Select the “Internet protocol Version 4 (TCP/IPv4)” and click on “properties” option.
- Now the “Internet protocol Version 4 (TCP/IPv4) properties” is popped up. Enter the IP address manually and click Ok.
This IP address only works when you connect both computers via only crossover cable. If you have a modem and you want to connect both computers via modem, you’ll have to add the gateway IP as well. Then your IP should looks like this –
Step 3 – Sharing Setting
- After that go back to your Network and Sharing Center and select the ‘Advanced sharing settings’.
- Now turn on your network discovery, printer sharing and other setting as shown below.
Step 4 – Workgroup Setting
In this setting we have to create a same workgroup for both computers to starts sharing on same workgroup. Workgroup setting must be same in both computers but the computer name should be different to identify the computer.
- Right-click on “Computer” from the start menu and select Properties. Then the system properties window opens up, selects the “change setting” in workgroup settings as shown below.
- In the “Computer Name” tab, click on the “Change” button to assign a WORKGROUP. Type workgroup in the workgroup tab in both of your computers and click OK.
- After that click on “Network ID” and do this manual setting given below.
- After that restart both computers.
Now you will able to see your both computer in the network palace, to share your drive via network you’ll just need to turn on the drive sharing by making changes in drive properties.
Now we have done drive sharing in LAN networking successfully.
