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Hands On:Configuring Windows XP Home for Networking
Chapter 1b
Panko’s Business Data Networks and Telecommunications, 6th edition
Copyright 2007 Prentice-HallMay only be used by adopters of the book
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Windows 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
– Windows XP Professional is used within firms• Has similar basic networking setup
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Topics
• Network and Internet Connections dialog box– Your starting point for almost all networking setup
tasks
• 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
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Network and Internet Connections Dialog Box (Figures 1b-1 and 1b-2)
To bring up this dialog box,Hit Start, then Control Panel.
Select Network and Internet Connections
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Network and Internet Connections Dialog Box, Continued
Set up or change your Internet connectionBegins a Wizard for that task
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Network and Internet Connections Dialog Box, Continued
Create a connection to the network at your workplaceis for setting up a VPN
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Network and Internet Connections Dialog Box, Continued
Set up or change your home or small office networkis for setting up file and printer sharing
among PCs in your home
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Network and Internet Connections Dialog Box, Continued
Network Connectionslets you see and manage your existing network connections
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Network and Internet Connections Dialog Box, Continued
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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Topics
• Network and Internet Connections dialog box
• Setting up an Internet connection– Hardware Options
– The Process
• Peer-to-Peer (P2P) file and printer sharing– Allowing your directories and printers to be shared
– Using shares on other computers
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Hardware Options
• Using an Access Router (Gateway)– Simple and relatively inexpensive
AccessRouter
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Hardware 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
NIC 1NIC 2
Due to price changes,This option no longer makes sense
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Hardware 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
Cable
Due to price changes,This option no longer makes sense
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Network and Internet Connections Dialog Box, Continued
Set up or change your Internet connectionOpens a Wizard
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1.Internet Properties Connections Tab
2. Click on Setupto create a broadband connection
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Setting Up or Changing a Connection, Continued
Click on Next button
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Setting Up or Changing a Connection, Continued
Select “Connect to the Internet”
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Setting Up or Changing a Connection, Continued
Select “Set up my connection manually”
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Setting Up or Changing a Connection, Continued
Usually Select “Connect using a broadband connection
that is always on”
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Setting Up or Changing a Connection, Continued
Finish the connection
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Topics
• Network and Internet Connections dialog box
• 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
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Turning on Sharing
1.Set up or change your home or small office network
is for setting up file and printer sharingamong PCs in your home
2.In Microsoft Windows terminology, files and
directories, and printers that are shared are called shares.
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Turning on Sharing, Continued
These options turn onfile (and directory) sharing and printer sharing
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Turning on Sharing, Continued
Go through this checklist
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Turning on Sharing, Continued
You must give your computer a name.Others will access it via this name.
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Turning on Sharing, Continued
You must specify a workgroup name foryour home network.
All computers on the network must begiven the same workgroup name.
This common workgroup name is howcomputers in the workgroup find one another
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Turning on Sharing, Continued
Do NOT use the default workgroup nameMSHOME. This lets hackers break in easily
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Turning on Sharing, Continued
The computer will apply the settings.
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Turning on Sharing, Continued
• 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!
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Turning on Sharing, Continued
• 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
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Turning on Sharing, Continued
• Designating Specific Printers to be shared
– Click on Start / Printers and Faxes
– Right-click on the printer you want to share• Select Properties
– Continue on the next slide…
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Turning on Sharing, Continued
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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Topics
• Network and Internet Connections dialog box
• 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
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Accessing 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
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Accessing 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)
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Accessing a Shared Printer
Select“Add a printer”
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Accessing a Shared Printer
A Wizardwill be
activated
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Accessing a Shared Printer
Select “A network printer …”
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Accessing a Shared Printer
Select“Browse for a printer”
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Accessing a Shared Printer
Select a printer from the available printers.
Then select “Next”
The printer will then be available to you.
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Accessing a Shared Printer
• Step 2: Printing after you have added the printer– In any application …
• Select Print• Choose the network printer from the Name: drop-
down menu
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