Surely, you are familiar with the concept of a local area network. The simplest example is when two computers are in the same house, and you want to create a connection between them with the ability to transfer files from one to the other. How to make a home network? This can be done in two ways: using wired and wireless.
Let's consider each of them separately. In order to connect two computers with a wired connection, you need a cable. You can get it in the store. By the way, ask that you immediately crimped it with connectors. Upon arriving home, plug one end of the cable into the network card connector on the first computer, and the other, respectively, into the connector on the other. Turn on both computers.
Before making a home network, check the availability of computers, the antivirus can block the connection if it is installed. Now, you need to go to the control panel and select "network" in the menu. Click on the "network search" and, in general, that's all. You will not have problems with data transfer, as well as games over the network.
Let's talk about how to create a local network. Before you choose the type of network. We select the "home network", that is, all computers in the network are located within the same building or house. By right-clicking on the "connect to network" icon, we see that a tab with a connection has appeared. The same procedure must be carried out on another computer. That's all, now your computers are networked.
Now consider how to set up a local network using a wireless connection. Well, here everything looks much more attractive in terms of scale. There are many different types of local networks through which radio access to the Internet is provided. The most common ones are wi-fi, WLAN and DSL. An important difference of this type of network is that in this case you are already assigned a specific ip address directly by your provider. And these networks allow you to access the Internet.
How to create a home network network via Wi-Fi, in our time, probably, everyone knows. All you need is a wi-fi adapter (modem) and ip address. Everything is done in the same way as when creating a home network, only in the selection menu we look for "Internet connection".
Regarding DSL and Wlan - everything is similar. But we are a little distant from the topic. The most common and convenient way to make a home network using a wireless channel is, of course, Wi-Fi. This method allows mobility to all computers on the network and the ability to transfer machines that are already on, which would be impossible when using the cable, because sooner or later it will end.
Let's talk more about this type of connection. A Wi-fi adapter is a small device that resembles a flash drive. When you connect it to your computer, in the list of network connections you will see another one - "Wireless Network Connection", which is what we need. Open the "properties", and note that if you use windows, then there is already a configuration wizard in it that will help you create a network. You add the name of the network. Depending on whether you want to protect your network or not, you can encrypt it with a password.
As you can see, no additional settings need to be done. After you complete all the steps, restart the computers - and then the connection will appear automatically. If this does not happen, then manually select "network search" in the utility menu and connect yourself. As you can see, the options for how to make a home network or deploy a local one are mass; choose the one that is convenient for you.
I cannot but mention the following fact. In operating systems such as windows vista and windows 7, it is enough to configure the connection on only one computer. On the second, it will come automatically through built-in connection systems. This applies, for example, to the Internet. If you configure the Internet on one computer, then on all computers on the network the same connection will be configured with it.
The last thing, perhaps worth mentioning, is that if you do not have the opportunity to create a wireless connection and you still use cables, but there are many computers on the network, then use a hub router. This is a kind of server to which all network cables from computers on your network are connected. Through it, there is an exchange of data.