Home Networking - How to Connect 2 Computers
Networking – Communication – Medium. All those key words, and many others, are fundamental to networks. Configuring your own computers and allow them to exchange data, is a great way to start Networking. Ethernet Networking (Wired Ethernet connection) To start with, there are some basic requirements that will allow us to achieve our goal: Hardware and Software. Hardware : Make sure there are at least two computers with Network cards installed, and then we have a cross-over cable ready. NB: use of any other type of cables may result in connection failure. Software : verify that the computers are running a proper operating system, and the network cards drivers are properly installed and up to date. With those entire in place, simply plug the two ends of your cross-over cable to your computer’s network cards and wait for a while until they get IP addresses and you are ready to go. By default your computers will get APIPA addresses (Automatic Private IP Address). This is d...