How to setup lan connection in windows 8

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The procedure of the file sharing is applicable to any major OS like Windows, Linux and Mac. To share files, movies, large games etc., we need to connect two computers in a LAN using a Ethernet crossover cable. This is probably the quickest, safest and easiest way to share files between two computers within a very short period. Sharing files using crossover Ethernet cable is another way to send files from one PC to another. And the second procedure consumes more data as it passes through multiple download and upload procedure. Transferring files via USB pen drive takes a lot of time as it requires copy-paste procedure two times to move files between two PCs. Both of the above method have some drawbacks. Some of us love to use cloud services like Dropbox and Google drive to share files among computers.

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Generally, we use USB flash drive or external hard drive to move these files. If we have two computers in our home, then we often need to share files, photos, important documents, software, movies between the two PCs.