HipHardware has posted a editorial: Setting Up A LAN. Here a blurb:
"With all this information you should easily be able to make your own LANparty for your friends and yourself. Make sure you check the hub/switch, and if strange things happen, a good restart of your computers and a turn-off-the-power-and-bring-it-back-on for the hub/switch tends to work. We wish you luck on your journey into the wonderful world of LANparties, with pizza, coke and with our help, not so many upcoming problems."Read more