Chapter 9: Networking Your Computer
Benefits of networking
A network lets you:
■Share a single Internet connection
■Share computer drives
■Share peripheral devices
■Stream audio and video files
■Play
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.
Help and For more information about sharing an Internet connection
Support in Windows XP, click Start, then click Help and Support.
Type the keyword internet sharing in the HelpSpot
Search box 
, then click the arrow.
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 For more information about sharing network drives in
Support Windows XP, click Start, then click Help and Support.
Type the keyword sharing network drives in the
HelpSpot Search box 
, then click the arrow.
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