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setup your own home LAN
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| Tue Apr 03, 2001 | 8:15P| PermaLink |
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There are a few ways to connect a bunch of PCs together but here will look at the most universal, an Ethernet. Basically it's a bunch of Network Cards (or NICs as they are usually called) connected via RJ45 connector cables to a hub. The hub acts as a traffic control center that directs information through your home network, this is called a "star network", since all computers are connected at a "main" junction going outwards in a shape of a star.
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FULL STORY @
SPEEDY3D (http://www.speedy3d.com/articles/game_lan/index.shtml)
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