Why do a LAN in the home?

There are many benefits of a home local area network. Some of the best uses are to

  • share printers or other resources such as scanners and CD recorders
  • make a backup on another computer of your critical files
  • share an internet connection
  • download a program or service pack from the internet and install it on multiple computers (where licensing rules permit)

    • Add to this the additional fun of network gaming.

    Money saved from NOT purchasing an additional printer pays back the cost of setting up the network.