how do i network my house?

hi, i wanna know how to net work my house, i'm currently using a labtop and i
have a desktop downstairs and i want my labtop to be the host and also to be
able to be able to creat a LAN game so my brother and play with me when i
play halo, if any 1 knows what to do let me know thx

Here ya go. everything you need to know
http://www.ezlan.net/index.html
Frank L

"Albert" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> hi, i wanna know how to net work my house, i'm currently using a labtop
> and i
> have a desktop downstairs and i want my labtop to be the host and also to
> be
> able to be able to creat a LAN game so my brother and play with me when i
> play halo, if any 1 knows what to do let me know thx