October 28, 2013 - Networking

To check what NIC you have (and to figure out the maximum speed it can use). You first go to Computer, right click Properties (ultimately getting you into system information), click Device Manager on the right side, find your NIC in the list of parts, right click it, select Properties, then go to Details, use the scroll menu to select Service

Then using that code and the brand, you can then use a web search program (a.k.a. Google) to look up the info and drivers for it.

Even if you aren't in a homegroup you can still share files to computers over a network by setting up sharing of public folders or just any folder of your choice

We also tried to work with network cabling to make our own cables, but I personally was unsuccessful in my attempts, hopefully I get to try again on it

Here is a good video to do with making network cabling by Tek Syndicate:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lullzS740wI