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PC2:

1. Just right-click ³My Computer´ and click Properties.

2. Select the ³Computer Name´ tab and click the ³Change´ button.

3. Change the computer name to PC2. Change the workgroup to WG. (The workgroup name should be

the same in both computers)

4. Click OK.

Now, to configure the TCP/IP connection settings,

1. Goto ³Control Panel´ >> ³Network connections´ 

2. Right-click on your LAN connection and click ³Properties´. In the ³General´ tab, select ³Internet

Protocol (TCP/IP)´. Click the ³Properties´ button.

3. Set the Values

IP Address ± 192.168.0.2

Subnet Mask ± 255.255.255.0

Default Gateway ± 192.168.0.1

4. Click OK and you are done for PC2 as well.

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If you have done the above part correctly, the computers will have detected each other. If they don¶t,

just restart both the computers.

You can access the other computer in ³My network Places´. You can also play multi-player games

using this connection. For easier access you can map a drive on the network to a local drive by ³Tools´ 

>> ³Map network drive´