Creating a LAN

[germanjulian]

basically i have no clue and this what i have to do:

ok i have a computer and a laptop (next week) and the laptop has a ethernet inbuild card and i will buy one for my computer!
my computer has adsl and i wanna share the internet connection with the laptop!
ok i have two ethernet modems and win xp on both machines!
what cable do i need (twisted coaxial cause i wanna just connect the two computers???) and what software do i need or does windows do that for me?

some help would be great and if you could tell me what to consider etc etc would be great

please note that i just wanna connect the laptop to the computer for internet connection sharring and sharing files!
help please ;)

[Midknyte]

get a router with a built in switch. Linksys makes some good ones.

you would use CAT5 patch cables, not coax.

windows has built in networking. you need to set your systems to the same workgroup. make sure to add the same username and password to each system.

for more networking info, i suggest you check out

http://www.practicallynetworked.com/

[AllGamer]

Does the laptop have a LAN card or build in LAN?

if yes

then sure a Crossover CAT-5 will be able to hook up both of this PCs without sharing the internet

:t

but if you want to share files along with internet

you'll need a router

[dave-harper]

#1 - since your in the UK and you say you already have ADSL i'm going to *** U ME that it's is connected using USB

then you COULD use just the "crossover" ethernet cable to connect the two computers with the ethernet ports

i've just realized you can maybe use USB in windows XP to do the INTERNET CONNECTION SHARING
but it would probably overtax it

look in the help files for ICS or sharing like i wrote above and it will describe what you can use

you'll need to go into the network control panel and enable file and?printer? sharing on both computers and on the last page there "identification" it would be alot easier if the workgroup was the same.

reboot

then select the hard drive properties on both comps and goto sharing. the most complete is full sharing with a PASSWORD - unless you love being hacked

in the help files there might be a link to the ICS wizard or in the internet options connections page - use it to make a floppy to run in the laptop and it will set it's connection up

there's more details but i've got to go

[germanjulian]

thanks a lot! yeah the adsl connection is through usb!
i think i will try what u said! i seem to understand it!

[AllGamer]

Originally posted by germanjulian
thanks a lot! yeah the adsl connection is through usb!
i think i will try what u said! i seem to understand it!

...ugghh... ADSL via USB

then i'll suggest WinGate 3 or newer for internet sharing :t

[Bigjakkstaffa]

www.practicallynetworked.com

--ive got USB Cable and ICS works fine and dandy...

--Jakk:t

[dave-harper]

one thing - if you want to add another computer to this setup anytime

then use 2 ethernet cables and a "hub" instead of the "crossover" cable - it'll give you the chance to add say another couple computers

if you change the computers "name" in the network ID page to something easy - it'll make navigating to the hard drives a lot easier

the practically networked ICS page for winxp seems to be quite good

you can do the name stuff right now and put in the ethernet card asap then do the sharing setup before you even get the laptop

the printer stuff i'll have to doublecheck