Windows 10 In Depth

19. Connecting Your Network to the Internet

Sharing an Internet Connection

The preceding chapter shows how to create an inexpensive local area network (LAN) to tie your computers together. With a network in place, a single high-speed Internet connection can serve all the computers in your home or office, or you can share a modem connection made from one designated Windows computer.

A shared Internet connection can actually provide better protection against hackers than can an individual connection, because a shared connection must funnel through a router device or a software service that blocks outside attempts to connect to your computers—except on your terms. In this chapter, we show you how to set this up.

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