Networking Two-Home Pc,s

There are several ways to link home PCs.

Check out www.homepna.org

If you have phone jacks near both PCs, all you need is a pair of PNA type network cards.

Other options in order of expense / work:

Wired networking with CAT 5 wiring and network cards along with a switch / hub
(You may be able to get by with just a cross-over style network cable running between the 2 PCs)

Wireless networking.
I am concerned about security with wireless networks though.

If you have easy accessto the walls in both rooms, I would run the CAT5 cable, and install a switch or hub to link the 2 PCs.
Properly done, this can add value to your home.

If running cable is a problem, my first choice would be the home PNA setup.

After you setupyour network connections, you need to install network protocols on both PCs.
Either TCP/IP or NetBUI are needed.

Then, you need to enable file and printer sharing on the PC with the printer connected to it.

Here are a few links for further information:

http://www.practicallynetworked.com/

http://www.wown.com/

http://compnetworking.about.com/cs/basicnetworking/

Chas

There is a multitude of options, either A. use a cross-over cable to connect the two, you need to buy the cross-over and two lan cards, this is the cheapest of all options, then there is the new wireless option which you buy two wireless cards and 1wireless hub. Also you can use a wirebase hub to serve both computers. To share the printer, the easiest way will be linking the printer to one computer and allow sharing access to the network.

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