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Anyone know how to setup LAN?

If you're using windows (and I'm guessing you are).. you should be fine with a hub, and network cards in each machine. Connect all machines to hub, enable file and print sharing (win98), set up your shares. It should be as easy as that. Now if you want to have internet access across all these computers, then it gets a bit more complicated. Give us more details, what OS, hardware etc do you have? Secondly, there is a networking forum for this sort of thing here at AT, you might want to try there.
 
You need 2 network cards and either a crossover cable or a hub. You can get the hub and network cards at Bust Buy pretty cheap. you will also need a cat5 patch cable to go from the hub to both puters. After you acquire parts post again and we will walk you through the setup. People at Bust Buy will know what all you need.


SMP beat me to it.

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I never found one good integrated write up about this subject on the Net it seems that due to the complexity, and length needed, it is not easy to create such a post.

However, you can find some basic info and integrate it yourself.

Start with this to get the general Idea:

The Basic Options to Share Internet Connection (Internet Sharing 101). The Basic Options to Share Internet Connection (Internet Sharing 101).

This:

Hub, Switch, Router, DHCP, LAN, WAN, NAT, etc.

To Install

Here:

The joy of Windows Networking

Here:

Configuring TCP/IP

And here:

Install and configure your LAN
 
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