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Chapter 11: Networking Your Computer
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Benefits of networking
A network lets you:
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Share a single Internet connection
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Share computer drives
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Share peripheral devices
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Stream audio and video files
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Play multi-player games
Sharing a single Internet connection
Each computer that is connected to the network can share the same broadband
connection or modem and telephone line and access the Internet at the same
time. This saves on the cost of installing another telephone line for your second
computer and paying for a second Internet service provider (ISP) account.
Sharing drives
With a network, you can copy files from computer to computer by copying
and pasting or dragging and dropping. You will no longer waste your time
transferring files by using diskettes. In addition, you can map a drive on a
networked computer to another computer, and access the files as if they were
located on the hard drive of the computer you are using.
Help and
Support
For more information about sharing an Internet connection
in Windows XP, click Start, then click Help and Support.
Type the keyword
internet sharing
in the HelpSpot
Search box
, then click the arrow.
Help and
Support
For more information about sharing network drives in
Windows XP, click Start, then click Help and Support.
Type the keyword
sharing network drives
in the
HelpSpot Search box
, then click
the arrow.
Summary of Contents for 600YG2
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