In This Chapter Logging in to other computers Checking out computers on the network Discovering whether your files are on a different computer If your computer is on a network, sooner or later you have to use computers other than your own. Although you can do lots and lots of things over a network, the two most widespread activities are remote login and file transfer. If your computer is on a LAN (Local Area Network), you can probably use files directly that are located on other computers.