STEPS TO CONNECT TWO LAPTOPS USING LAN CABLE

REQUIREMANTS

•  Two laptops
• LAN cable

1.  Insert IP address in both computer . 

•  Open control panel window.
•  Choose Network and Sharing Center button.

• Then you find a pop up box of Network and Sharing Center.  Here, click on Change adapter setting.

• In Network Connections Pop –up Window, right click on correctly installed LAN Card hardware adapter in your computer and select its properties.

• Then Local Area Connection (LAN) properties window is appearing. Choose Internet protocol Version 4 (TCP/IPv4) button and click on properties option.

• Now enter IP (Internet protocol) address in both computers manually according to below and select OK Option.

First computer (computer name – B – PC) 

Enter IP Address: – 192.168.0.1

Enter Subnet mask: – 255.255.255.0

Second computer (computer name- A – PC)

Enter IP Address: – 192.168.0.2

Enter Subnet mask: – 255.255.255.0

• After inserting IP address in both computer properly, restart it.
• when computer will load windows 7,  click on start search box and type network. click on this link.

• In network tab, you find all connected computers in networking under similar workgroup.

How to share computer drives to transfer files over network ? 

When both computers are showing in network tab and want to share computer drives

•  At first, open computer explorer window of the first computer, press right click on opted drive partition which we want to share with another computer over network.
• From drop down menu list, choose share with option.
• Now select Advance Sharing button.

• A new tab of opted drive properties is appearing. click on Advance Sharing option.

•  check this box –  share this folder option and now click on ok button.

Now we have done drive sharing in LAN networking successfully.