how to make a small network?

Question

( if you can send the url of a website that tells me how that would be great )

Answer 1

How to Set Up Your Home Network
Wired or wireless, getting connected is easier than ever. Follow our steps and you'll have your PCs talking to each other in no time.

http://www.pcworld.com/article/id,102461-page,1/article.html

BTW, searching Google for "setting up home network" produces tons of sites with instructions.

Answer 2

Buy a linksys network switch and you will have a small network with a single collision domain. You are not specific in your question as to what you require of your small network. If you wanted to go even more minimally - buy a cross over cable and run it between two hosts. Now you have the smallest possible network!

Answer 3

if your running windows xp, simply go into network settings and click the create a home network, and it will run a setup wizard that will take you through step by step. if you want a wireless network, you will have to buy a wireless router. i suggest linksys because they are really easy to set up. you just plug it in and turn it on, and it comes with step by step directions on how and where to plug it in.