Price of 8 Port TechCom Switch is about 500 Rs...
What u need:
Few Meters of LAN Cable.
4 RJ-45 Pins (5 Rs Each)
If u purchase 4 meters of LAN cable, then cut the cable to 2 meters. And Get the cables crimpped with "Cross-Over" Type (20 Rs For Crimpping)
Plug the RJ-45 cable that comes from router to Port 1
Then Plug the Cable 1 to one end of the Laptop and the other end to Port 2 of the Switch.
Then Plug the Cable 2 to one end of the laptop and the other end to port 3 of the switch.
Now All the physical setup is complete.
Turn On the Switch, Router and both the Laptops.
No you should see a ballon that says "Network Connected"
In both laptops, follow these steps:
Start>All Programs>Communications>New Connection Wizard>
Click Next, Then Select "Small Office or Home Network".. Then press finish.
Now the "Network Setup Wizard" will start, click next and again next... select the LAN adapter.. and click next..
Give The same workspace name for both..
Here you will get so many options..
Select "This Computer connects to Hub which is connected to Internet" or something like that.. (i forgot)
Perform this in both the Laptops..
It will assign a automatic IPs..
You can change it if u wish.. in the Network Connection Properties..
Like 192.168.10.1 for laptop 1 and 192.168.10.2 to laptop 2
Give the subnet mask to both the laptops as 255.255.255.0
follow the instructions given by s151157, to share the internet settings..