How to set up a Lan

Hey all!

I'm kinda new here, so whats up everybody. I have a question about setting up lan between my two home comps. I have a dsl modem, firewall and switch. Both comps are plugged in to the switch. I just dont know how to make them to communicate. I know pretty much about comps (Both of my comps I have build myself), just not much about software, and lan. Also my second question: Both of my comps support 1gb lan & my switch only supports 10/100mbps, so should i get a hub/switch which supports 1 gb lan. Will it have any impact on the speed. I'm looking to play Battlefield Vietnam on lan on those comps & transfer data between them. If you need more info about my set up ask please! Please help the n00b!! :-D

check you IP config on each computer. If you need to, set them to be static, say 192.168.1.1 for one computer and 192.168.1.2 for the second. Then you just need to set up file sharing and you should be set.

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