Yes, I believe that is a requirement.
Can you create a network though LAN using ip address?
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Can you create a network though LAN using ip address?
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No such requirement exists. Examples include the old Microsoft networking and Novell IPX/SPX networking.
Bob
A LAN is a network, so creating a network through LAN is more or less nonsense.
And you create a network using hardware like hubs, switches, NIC's and cables, and software that comes with Windows (or Apple OS, for that matter) or the hardware or that you buy separately. Some of that software uses ip-addresses internally, but you would reference the computer in everyday usage with their name, not with their ip-address, so it's rather an unimportant detail.
HTH,
Kees