Windows XP Home Networking. 2 Windows XP The dominant client operating system from Microsoft today...

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Windows XP Home Networking

2Windows XP Home Networking

Windows XP

The dominant client operating system from Microsoft today

Strong security features make it a wise upgrade for older computers

Strong networking features

Windows XP Home is fine for home networks

3Topics

Network and Internet Connections dialog box Your starting point for almost all networking setup

Setting up an Internet connection

Peer-to-Peer (P2P) file and printer sharing Allowing your directories and printers to be shared

Using shares on other computers

4Network and Internet Connections Dialog Box (Figures 1a-1 and 1a-2)

To bring up this dialog box,Hit Start, then Control Panel.

Select Network and Internet Connections

5Network and Internet Connections Dialog Box, Continued

Set up or change your Internet connectionBegins a Wizard for that task

Create a connection to the network at your workplaceis for setting up a VPN

Set up or change your home or small office networkis for setting up file and printer sharing

among PCs in your home

Network Connectionslets you see and manage your existing network connections

My Network PlacesShows network resources you can use.

Troubleshootersis for diagnosing networking

and Explorer problems

Internet Optionsis for customizing your use of the Internet

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Network and Internet Connections dialog box

Setting up an Internet connection Hardware Options

The Process

11Hardware Options

Using an Access Router (Gateway) Simple and relatively inexpensive

AccessRouter

12Hardware Options

Internet Connection Sharing Computer connected to the Internet has two NICs One NIC runs to the Internet, the other to a switch Other PCs connect to the switch Saves little money

EthernetSwitch

CableModem

13Hardware Options

Internet Connection Sharing Computer connected to the Internet has two NICs

If there is only one other PC, the second NIC can connect directly with the other PC’s RJ-45 jack with a crossover cable (which reverses pins)

Avoids cost of access router

CableModem

CrossoverUTP

Set up or change your Internet connectionOpens a Wizard

Internet Properties Connections Tab

For VPN and dial-up connections

Setup to create a broadband connection

16Setting Up or Changing a Connection, Continued

Click on Next button

Select “Connect to the Internet”

Select “Set up my connection manually”

Select “Connect using a broadband connection

that is always on”

Finish the connection

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22Turning on Sharing

Set up or change your home or small office networkis for setting up file and printer sharing

among PCs in your home

23Turning on Sharing, Continued

This option allows a PC with two NICsto share its Internet connection

This option is for setting up the Windows XP firewall

These options turn onfile (and directory) sharing and printer sharing

Go through this checklist

You must give your computer a name.Others will access it via this name.

You must specify a workgroup name.

All computers on the network must use thesame workgroup name.

This same workgroup name is howcomputers in the workgroup find one another

Do NOT use the default MSHOME.This lets hackers break in easily

The computer will apply the settings.

What is Shared? By default, ONLY the Shared Documents directory

(SharedDocs) is shared automatically

Anyone using the same workgroup name can read, change, delete, and add files to this directory!

To share files, copy them here from your other directories, which are protected by default

You may share other directories

You may share printers

Warning!

You can share another directory through Windows Explorer (My Computer, etc.) Right click on the directory

In the directory’s Properties box, select the Sharing tab

Under network sharing and security, click on “Share this folder on the network”

Enter a share name by which others will access it

Click on “Allow network users to change my files” if you want more than read-only access

Sharing Specific Printers

Click on Start / Printers and Faxes

Right-click on the printer you want to share

Select Properties

Continue on the next slide…

Click on the Sharing tab.

Select “Share this printer”.

Give it a Share name.Others will access it by this name.

If other computers run older versions of Windows,you may need to add drivers on those computers

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36Accessing Shared Files

Click on Start / My Network Places

Select the directory share you wish to use

All shares whose computers have the same workgroup name will be found automatically

37Accessing a Shared Printer

Step 1: Make a Shared Printer Accessible to You

Select Start / Printers and Faxes

The Printers and Faxes Dialog Box Will Appear (Next slide)

Select“Add a printer”

A Wizardwill be

activated

Select “A network printer …”

Select“Browse for a printer”

Select a printer from the available printers.

Then select “Next”

The printer will then be available to you.

Step 2: Printing after you have added the printer

In any application …

Select Print

Choose the network printer from the Name: drop-down menu