Local Networks

Creating a home or small office network is a great way to share access to the Internet, printers and even files on all of the computers in the home or office. Setting up a network from the ground...

When small local networks run out of IP addresses for user computers, they can turn to Superscope. This Microsoft Windows feature allows administrators to extend the network without reconfiguring...

If a computer is on a network, it can access shared resources on other computers in the network as well as the server, if there is one. In order to access these shared resources, the user must be...

Connecting computers through a network can be useful even if you are only connecting a small number of machines. When computers are networked, they can share files and documents, software...

A wired home network provides fast sharing of files, Internet access and printers. Unlike a wireless network, there is no signal being broadcast out of the home, so there is no way for neighbors...

Setting up a home network allows you to access multiple computers through one system. This network can be used to share and transfer files and data, such as documents, music files and videos....

As more and more households own more than one computer, the need to connect computers to share data and Internet connections through networking arises. Often networks are set up with extra devices...

There are various methods of connecting two computers; a physical crossover connection is one of the simplest. You can use a computer crossover for various purposes, including sharing data,...

In order to send a folder from one home computer to another, you will need to set up a home network. A home network will allow you to instantly access the folders, files, documents and programs...

A local area network, or LAN for short, is a group of interconnected computers that can share data among one another. Almost always, LANs are set up using Ethernet cables connecting Ethernet cards...

After you've made your hardware connections, you might expect to simply turn on your computers and have them immediately connect to one another. Although the days of manual configuration are in...

In previous versions of Windows, setting up a network was somewhat of a difficult job, requiring a large amount of manual configuration before the network would function properly. Windows XP's...

More and more people are setting up home networks. If you have two or more computers networked together you’ll want to share files, folders, and other resources, especially printers. File and...