Leigh, This link will be a complete tutorial for what you need. The word "home" applies to all small peer-to-peer(P2P) networks. http://www.homenethelp.com/web/howto/HomeNet-start.asp Jeff > > -----Original Message----- > > I am in need of a crash course on maintaining a LAN. > > > > There are 8 pc's with one running winME and the others > > running win98, They > > run through a "Sniper" 8 port fast switching ethernet hub. > > Three of the > > pc's have a laser printer attached. > > The lan is set up using netBEUI, though tcp/ip seems to be > > installed on > > several of the machines even though the network is specifically NOT > > connected to the internet. > > Wiring is the standard blue network cable. > > > > Leigh Jennings > PCBUILD maintains hundreds of useful files for download visit our download web page at: http://freepctech.com/downloads.shtml