A LAN is a Local Area Network, for example in your house or the computers that are connected at work. It is different from a WAN, or Wide Area Network, which is where a computer or a LAN is hooked up...
It allows you to network your computers on your home network. Example 1: If you have a music folder on one PC you can share this folder and then access it from any computer on your home network....
Define a topology you want to use (star, bus, ring), then connect the computers using CAT-5/Ethernet cables. Then set up the computers from Network Connections. That is the basics of it.... You will...