To find out if you have the NIC drivers*, use your Windows OS "help"
tool to locate the Windows "device manager". Run the device manager,
and search it for the NIC device. If you lack the driver, it will
show a yellow question mark. You will need to install it either from
floppy, a memory stick, or a CD. Obtain the name of the NIC from the
device manager, and search for it ( google.com) as well as the terms
"driver" and "download" on the Internet. You should be able to
install it using the device manager, or sometimes the "hardware
wizard" will prompt you when you start up.

*software ("firmware"), which lets the computer use the NIC ("network
interface card")

Good luck!
Andrew Stein

--- In networkresource@yahoogroups.com, Anna Chowdhury
<annachow_hg@...> wrote:
>
> Dear B.Dall
> I am M A Hannan Chowdhury.
> You need
> 1- NIC for each computer,
> 2- one 8-port (minimum) network switch, and
> 3- some Cat5 cable with RJ-45 connecter at each end of cables for
each computer (Straight-through Cable).
>
> Connect the computers with switch by those straight-through cables.
> Power on
> Install the drivers of theose NIC (if necessary).
> enjoy the network connectivity
>
>
> thanking you
>
> M A Hannan Chowdhury
> Dhaka, Bangladesh
>
 

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