This tutorial will show you How to connect two PCs by LAN (Ethernet). There are many ways to connect two PCs, but connecting them together by LAN is the easiest and most cost effective way. Plus, you can use this method for any number of PCs.
What you need:
1. 2 PCs with Ethernet Cards or Onboard Ethernet
Most new motherboards come with onboard Ethernet, you can check this out in My Computer > Properties > Hardware > Device Manager > Network Adapter.
2. A Crossover Ethernet cable.
The normal Ethernet cables won’t work, you must have a cross crimped Ethernet cable which can be used to transmit data in both directions.
3. A Ethernet Hub
A Ethernet hub is needed if you plan to connect more than two PCs. If you want to connect just two PCs, you can do it directly without a hub.
How to do it:
1. Connect the crossover Ethernet cable to the LAN (RJ45) ports of both the PCs.
PC – 1:
- Go to My Computer > Properties > Computer Name.
- Change the Computer Name to A and Workgroup name to ABC and click OK to save changes.
- Go to Control Panel > Network Connections.
- Right click on your LAN connection and select Properties.
- Select Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) > Properties.
- Enter these values:
IP Address – 192.168.0.1
Subnet Mask – 255.255.255.0
- Leave the other fields blank and click OK to save changes.
PC – 2:
- Go to My Computer > Properties > Computer Name.
- Change the Computer Name to B and Workgroup name to ABC and click OK to save changes.
- Go to Control Panel > Network Connections.
- Right click on your LAN connection and select Properties.
- Select Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) > Properties.
- Enter these values:
IP Address – 192.168.0.2
Subnet Mask – 255.255.255.0
- Leave the other fields blank and click OK to save changes.
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After the connections and settings have been saved, both the PCs should be connected by LAN. You may need to restart both the PCs.
You can check if the connection is working by pinging one PC from the other.
For PC-1, Start > Run > CMD > ping 192.168.0.2
For PC-2, Start > Run > CMD > ping 192.168.0.1
You can view the PCs in My Network Places. You can now use this LAN connection to play multiplayer games or share files. You can also map a drive on another PC to a local drive by using My Computer > Tools > Map Network Drive > Select Drive Letter and network path of the shared folder on the other PC.
For any queries, leave a comment below.
June 21st, 2009 at 4:59 pm
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September 24th, 2009 at 10:10 pm
Well, this appears to be the right information. Hope it works. Many thanks for posting this info!
October 5th, 2009 at 3:32 am
WOw Thanks for the tutorial.
November 17th, 2009 at 4:26 pm
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December 11th, 2009 at 7:02 pm
plse give me a tipes for connect 2 pc with lan a 1 pc have a bsnl usb mordem i try to connect botht pc wih internet
December 25th, 2009 at 12:33 pm
I’m attempting to view this in the 9.274 rc of the google chrome browser and the background looks sorta wierd. Might want to it out.
January 2nd, 2010 at 6:15 pm
are these IP addresses and subnet masks values i am entering the same in every time ? or for every pc ? i just vary the last value from (.1) to (.2) or (.3) for each pc and that’s it ? or should they be according to my original internet ip address ?
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December 2nd, 2010 at 2:35 am
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February 2nd, 2011 at 8:22 pm
I have recently connected my two PC with ethernet.
I am using Window XP SP2.
After connecting cable, still it is showing network cable is unplugged. (Device manager says that card is working properly)
What can be the problem.
I have tried every thing but invain.
August 3rd, 2011 at 11:02 pm
this is not working for me
i have windows 7 in 1 pc and windows xp in 2 pc
how can i connect?
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