How to Connect two Computers using lan cable ?
Data sharing have become integral part of our digital lives and when it comes to sharing large amount of data there are various options but they need time.So, best method to share data between two computer is to use lan cable which moves data between two computers fastly and with very less effort.As always Askrdx is at your rescue to fulfill your basic tech knowledge.Today we will be focusing on transferring data using lan cable but in subsquent tutorials i will be back with more methods of transferring data.
Let's start with our process.Basic prerequisites are:
- Two computers with windows 7/8/10
- RJ-5 Lan cable.
4. Move to Ethernet and click on it.
Computer 1 : I.P Address : 192.168.0.1
Computer 2: I.P Address : 192.168.0.2
//Common
Subnet Mask :255.255.255.0
7.Now Restart both computers.
8.Now open Control panel and create a Workgroup on any one machine.
- Open control panel >Network and Internet>
- In left sidebar you will see Homegroup option,just select it and follow instructions to create a workgroup.
10.Now create a password for Workgroup.
11.Open My PC > My Network Places.
12. You'll see Your computers connected .Now you can share Various files present in default Libraries ie. Music,Pictures.
13. For sharing Drives,Folders just Open properties of that Folder/Drive.
14. Now Select Advanced Sharing and tick the option of Share this Folder/Drive.
15. And then you should be able to share these folders/Drives flawlessly.
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