Have you ever thought about the computer network in your 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 one another and share data, software and hardware including a single Internet connection. There are many creative uses for home networks, but it’s the ideal situation when upgrading each computer to the same capability is financially out of the question. On the network, each computer has access to better equipment in the machinery group as the equipment they own.
Connecting a computer with an Ethernet cable or wireless connection can create a home network. The easiest and cheapest method to use Ethernet connections, which require a number of network cards, cables for each computer, and router. The same network card with the old modem in the past we used to connect to the Internet, but in a network, is used to communicate with each computer connected.
You want to first, select the computer that is connected to one another and then install the network cards in each. Then you connect the cable to 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 computer.
Once the hardware is set up correctly (you should read the instruction manual for your equipment more information), then you can setup the network from Windows on each computer. In Windows, you can create a home network the same way that an Internet connection. Only this time, you will create a LAN (Local Area Network) connection.
Windows should walk you through the LAN after starting the computer and when you finish, you can begin to connect one computer 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 will be in the router manual).
Connected to the network, each computer can send files back and forth, open programs on the remote computer, play video and sound files that are located on another computer, and share one Internet account to browse the web, download files, or chat with someone in a full state different. If a printer is available only in a computer network, each connected to a PC can send documents and print them. Children will enjoy the ability to play multi-player games and adults will enjoy the ability to destroy a message to all people at once or maintain a group schedule.
Since we describe a 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 damage. So you must install a firewall on the computer that grants access to a computer, and then install an anti virus and anti-spyware programs on each of the remaining computers in the network.
If you have files that should not be shared (bank, credit card information, etc.), you can restrict their access in one of several ways. You can put in a new folder, then delete the “read” permissions for that folder. Or you can specify who can (and can not) access a special file with the password from the Windows Control Panel.
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