Home Area Network (2 units or more than 2 units)

Objective

With the decline in the price of computer hardware and machine, and the gradual simplification of the use method, more and more families now have more than two computers. Because the number of computers in a home area network is generally not large, there is no need to adopt a client/server approach. In the case of a large number of home computers, the computer is connected to form a small local area network, you can share resources (files, printers, modems and ISDN), but also to save money, better use of computer performance. And all this, just a little investment and simple operation can be solved.

home LAN is built, usually desktop.

How to connect a home area network

Direct Cable Connection

Routing Device connections

How to connect the Home area network (more than 2 units)

1. Network Cabling

2. Install computer network card

3. Install the Windows 7\8\10 Microsoft Client

　　Component Home Network, to use resources on the network, you must have a Microsoft network client installed on your computer.

Step One: Click Network, and then properties

Step two: Click "Local Area Connection"

Step three: Click "Properties"

Step four: Click "Install"

Step five: Click "Client" and add

Step Six: Click Microsoft Network Client, and then determine

Step seven: In the list box, the installed network client is displayed, as indicated by the arrow. Click "Close"

Install Windows 7\8\10 Microsoft Client, Success!

4. Install IP Address

Step one: Click "Local Area Connection"

Step Two: Click "Tcp/ipv4" and then the properties

Step three: Select "Get IP address and DNS address automatically"

Then confirm and close in turn. Install IP address, complete!

5. Join the Working Group

　　Step one: Select "Computer", then properties

　　

Step Two: Select "Advanced System Settings"

Step three: Click "Change"

Step four: According to their own situation, modify the corresponding computer name and workgroup.

Step five: click "OK"

Step Six: click "OK"

Step Seven: click "Close"

Step Eight: Click "Restart Now"

That is, join the workgroup and finish.

Note: When you join a workgroup, you must be logged on to the Windows operating system as an administrator or a member of the group to complete joining the workgroup.

6. Set the network card correctly

Now the most commonly used NIC is the motherboard integrated PCI-E network card, that is, the desktop network card. And the production of such network cards, the number of merchants, after the installation of the system, the network card can be used normally, because the network card driver has been automatically installed by the system completed.

7. Sharing network resources

When you build a home area network, you can set the Internet connection on the host to be shared. In this way, other users on the home network can connect to the Internet by connecting to the host.

Step One: Click "Change Adapter Settings"

Step Two: Click "Broadband Connection", and then the properties

Step three: Click Allow other network users to connect through this computer's Internet connection, and then determine

Step four: click "OK"

Share network resources, complete!

8, other computer access

　Home LAN is built, usually desktop.

Laptops are similar to desktop computers when they are connected to a home area network. Most laptops have built-in Ethernet card or PCMCIA card, now there are also a set of network cards and Modem in one of the multifunction PC Card, as well as wireless USB network card, are suitable for laptops such as mobile computers to access home local area network.

Apple computers are connected to the home area network, and now the vast majority of Macs have built-in Ethernet cards, and Macs can use the Apple Local talk protocol for simple resource sharing. Since the MAC is designed with communication between the PC, the cross-platform networking can be implemented simply. However, it requires dedicated software to support it. The Mac's network card uses a UTP interface, so the connection between it and the PC is the same as between the PC and the PC. If you just connect a PC to an Apple machine, you can share files and printers with the software PC Mac lan of the American Niramar Company.

If you want to connect a PC to an existing Apple LAN, use Apexx technology's PC Talk MAC LAN Connect kit, which includes a PC talk card that accesses the Apple network via the parallel port of the PC.

How to connect your home area Network (2 units)

　　If you have only two computers in your home, you can use network cards, infrared or USB ports to connect them together to form a local area network.

1, through the network card connection

　　Note that the network cable connecting the two network cards is different from the normal cable sequence (straight line) and must be crossed.

After the network card is installed and the network cable is connected, the relevant software settings are also provided. When Windows 8 installs the network card, it automatically installs the TCP/IP protocol and binds the network adapter, so that the user can access the TCP/IP application by setting the IP address of both sides.

In the IP Address tab, select the Specify IP address, and then fill in the IP and subnet masks, which are recommended for use with internet reserved addresses such as 10.x.x.x or 1192.168.x.x. As long as the two addresses are guaranteed to belong to the same network segment, i.e. the network address is the same, and the subnet mask is the same. For network sharing, there are also two components for Microsoft Network client and file and printer Sharing for Microsoft Networks.

For example, one IP address can be set to 192.168.0.1, the other IP address is set to 912.168.0.2, the subnet mask is 255.255.255.0, other gateways, domain name servers, and so on, can be omitted.

2. Connect via USB cable

3, through the infrared connection

　　Laptops typically have standard infrared ports, and as long as two laptops have the same IrDA standard, the two laptops can be interconnected via an infrared port. The use of infrared ports for data exchange between laptops does not require any additional equipment, and can support the continuation of the breakpoint, is a two-computer interconnection of one of the simple and quick way.

　　For the infrared transmission device inside the laptop, the operating system is usually automatically identified, and the associated device driver and the corresponding communication protocol are automatically installed. To start an infrared device, click the Infrared icon in the Control Panel window and go to the Infrared Settings window, where you can select the Enable infrared communication option. After that, select the file you want to send and right-click on the shortcut menu that pops up to

"Infrared Receiver" command, you can complete the copy of the file.

Home Area Network (2 units or more than 2 units)