Yes you can. You only need a switch and more than one device to create a network. You can even technically link any two devices up to each other and they would be "networked"
Can you have a Microsoft-based network without any WINS server on it? What are the "considerations" regarding not using WINS?
A peer-to-peer network is not required for have a server at all. Therefore, any peer-to-peer network could be formed without a server.
Pretty much a client server network is known as a client server network.
A network storage server is a piece of equipment that is on the network. The server is used for additional storage for the computers and other items on the network.
A host in a peer to peer network can offer resources to other hosts or devices in the network without being a server. If you share a printer, or a folder across the network you are sharing information or resources with other devices; in each case neither system is a server. The ability to do this is built in to most desktop client operating systems.
A network storage server is a piece of equipment that is on the network. The server is used for additional storage for the computers and other items on the network.
Get a crossover network cable. If you're only connecting 2 computers they can be networked without a server or a router. ==Or== Install wireless network cards in both laptops. If using a router (no server), it should be simply plug-n-go with standard network cables (CAT5+) (enable File & Printer sharing).
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Apple Network Server was created in 1996.
That is a peer to peer network.
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Simple: in order to have a client-server architecture you need a network. The role of the network is to move data packets between the client and the server. In a client-server architecture the server usually has to manage the network (for example, a domain controller in a Windows environment).