Hello
Friends! Today i am going to tell you how to connect two computer using
LAN cable. This is very useful if you don`t know ho to connect
computers using LAN. Some times we want to transfer some huge amount of
data between two computers then we have to use LAN cable and by using
this you can easily transfer huge
amount of data. Here i am describe step by step with snapshot. This is
very useful when you want transfer huge amount of data between pcs and
for gaming purpose.
LAN Cable or cross-over cable
Price of this cable in India is Rs.50 approx.
Steps 1: This is compulsory step.
In
order to start the connection, you’ll have to assign different IP
address for both computers. To change the IP address of your computers
for the LAN connection, you should make changes in the LAN adapter
settings.
- Open Control panel from the start menu and click on Network and Internet and click on Network and Sharing center.
- From the left sidebar, click on Change adapter settings.
- Under the Network connections window select the appropriate icon for your LAN adapter and right-click on it, then choose Properties.
- A Local Area Connection Properties box appears.
- Under the Network tab select Internet Protocol Version 4 (TCP/IPv4) and click on the Properties button.
- Now set the addresses as mentioned below in each computer and click OK.
At the first computer ( say, Computer 1):
IP address: 192.168.0.1
Subnet mask: 255.255.255.0
At the second computer ( say, Computer 2):
IP address: 192.168.0.2
Subnet mask: 255.255.255.0
Step 2. you can use this step or step third. I recommend you to skip this step and use third step
Now, connect one end of the cable into the Ethernet port of Computer 1
and the other end with the same of the Computer 2 and apply the
following steps in both the computers.
- Right-click on Computer from the start menu and select Properties.
- The system properties Control Panel window opens as shown below.
- Click on Change settings and the System properties dialog box appears. under the Computer Name tab, click on on the Change button to assign a WORKGROUP. Assign the same workgroup name for both computers otherwise it won’t work.
Restart each computer. It does not matter which computer you restart
first. After starting both the computer, double-click on the
Computer icon at the start menu and then click on
Network from the left side of the explorer window.
In the computer 1, you should see an icon denoting your second computer’s name under the
Network window. Similarly, you can see that the first computer has been appeared under the
Network window of your second computer.
If they do not appear, you should get a message prompting to turn on
Network Discovery and file Sharing. Click that security pop-up and select
“make the network a private network”. In case, you may have to restart your computers.
Once you see the other computer in your Network computer window, just
double click on it. If the other computer is password protected, you
will have to enter the exact user name and password of that computer to
get access of the shared folder.
If you want to share some files or folder of a computer with the other
computer on the network, right-click on that and select
Share with > Homegroup. Even you can share a total drive by right-clicking on it.
Step 3:
you can download ip messenger and install this on both the computer. It is very useful and easy way to transfer files using 'Ipmeg'.
On ipmeg then it will show other computer also and you have many option like chating, file transfer , folder transfer etc.
Let me know if this is
useful for you.
Keep Visiting.
