Windows 10: Small Network/Workgroup

How di I create \Windows 10network at my office to share files, printer and internet access between 2 or more laptops

running Windows 10?

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Workgroup and Networks

Is the workgroup a subset of a network. I have 2 laptop computers and 1 wired printer which I want to be able to interface with each other . What is the best way to set up this connection? Is there a simple step by step instruction on how to set up a
connection? I am using windows 10 on 2 Dell PC's and a HP printer.

 

How to have my workgroup appear on the drop-down networks menu

'Workgroup' refers to a collection of computers, but it's only a name. You might use it for internal administration, but a workgroup is not something that's separately accessible as a unit, which is why you don't see your workgroup name in the networks list.
That list is for networks

With that said, networks are divisible into subnetworks - subnets, for short - so if you re-made your workgroup into a subnet then it would show up in the list of networks.

Setting up a subnet is not that difficult but you'll have to spend some time learning how to do it, which means learning the basics of networking and the basics of IP addressing. It's beyond the scope of this forum, which is for Windows.

However, none of that is necessary if all you want to do is share files. That's easily enough accomplished with Windows' own built-in file sharing capability.

 

Basic Network guide

I'll be adding a small page on doing this in windows vista soon, since XP is the same with a step or two less, i assume people will figure it out.