How Do You Connect Two Computers?

You can hook up two computers with the help of a cross-over cable or you can also use 2 regular patch cables and a switch or a hub. What you need to do now is to connect both the PCs to the hub. It is easier if you have windows XP. You should just go through the home networking wizard and go to "My Network Places" and then to "Add Network Places". It is very important that you should have a LAN card in both your PCs. Local Area Network or LAN which creates a local network for two or more computers through a common medium to share things like files, internet etc.