what are the advantages of a LAN besides playing games?

[ethan]

what are the advantages of a LAN besides playing games? i am thinking of hooking up my moms and i computer so i can play emperor against my friends. are there any other advantages besides playing games?

[Khan]

yeah you can share files and stuff

[Terror]

and share internet connection

[Anathema]

Sharing files of course, and if you need to reformat your comp you don't need to make back up CDs, instead transfer them to the other comp.

And there is no lag for games of course.

[Razorox]

-Share files and documents

-Copy programs between harddrives

-Share internet connections (if you have broadband)

-Play games with like 14 ping

-Share printer(s)

-Share other peripherals such as scanner, webcam etc.

[ethan]

do i need a router? i am trying to hook a cable from one network card to another (different model of ntwrk card) without a router.

do i need one (i hope not)?

[Terror]

what do you mean? from UTP to Coax? or UTP to UTP?.. if the first? i think so. otherwise no

[Acriku]

LAN games allow you to shout out taunts and give strategies on the fly (co-op) [which you also can do with Xbox Live voice communicator...;)]

And routers should only be 20-30 bucks but I doubt you do need one if it just one card to another.

[ethan]

all i need is a cross-over cable as i only want two computers hooked up. i can talk through a communicator on Emperor? awesome man! :D

[Acriku]

[OT:Ach no, just on Xbox :) With xbox live of course...:)]

[Razorox]

rrr....I'd hate to burst your bubble, but I'm fairly certain you need a router - even for just 2 comps. :-

[ethan]

rrr....I'd hate to burst your bubble, but I'm fairly certain you need a router - even for just 2 comps. :-

id hate to burst you're bubble, but you're wrong. i checked it with my computer shop and ask jeeves.

[Terror]

ah k, so you have 2 utp cards, that is easy. Like you said, you only need to UTP network cards and an UTP cross cable, piece of cake. a hub or switch is required if you use more than 2 comps on the network unless you install multiple network cards in 1 pc

[aox0m0xoa]

>:( its not utp, utp is the kind of wire, even stp uses an ethernet card, and is in fact terminated the same way

[Terror]

yeah blabla, well that's what we call it, and it doesn't make much of a difference anyway

[ethan]

i thought they were 10/100 Fast Ethernet PCI cards.... :-

it says on the back of the box LAN 10/100 cards that go into PCI slots... ???

[aox0m0xoa]

yes they are ethernet, 10 being ethernet, and 100 being fast ethernet