• Peer-to-peer LAN consists of a small number of personal computers (generally 10 or fewer) linked together.
• One or more computers also may have a printer, a scanner, or an external storage device attached to it.
• To connect to the peer-to-peer LAN, each computer must have a network interface card.
• A network interface card (NIC), some times called network card, is an internal expansion card that
enables a computer or other device to access a
network.