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.

1. Firstly the main step in connection of computers is connect your machines using the LAN port available.

2. Now open Control panel on both machines.

3. Open Network and Internet.

4. Move to Ethernet and click on it.

5. Open properties of Ethernet connection.Now select "Internet           Connection Protocol Version 4(TCP/IPV4)"

6.Open it's properties and change the I.P address and subnet mask       as follows on computer one and two:

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.

9.Select the things to share.

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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