1. Windows XP Home Networking
Chapter 1a
Panko’s Business Data Networks and Telecommunications, 5th edition Copyright 2005 Prentice-Hall

2. Windows XP Home Networking
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 networking setup

3. 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

4. Network 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

5. Network and Internet Connections Dialog Box, Continued
Set up or change your Internet connection
Begins a Wizard for that task

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

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Set up or change your home or small office network
is for setting up file and printer sharing
among PCs in your home

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Network Connections
lets you see and manage your existing network connections

9. Network and Internet Connections Dialog Box, Continued
My Network Places
Shows network resources you can use.
Troubleshooters
is for diagnosing networking
and Explorer problems
Internet Options
is for customizing your use of the Internet

10. 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

11. Hardware Options Using an Access Router (Gateway)
Simple and relatively inexpensive
Access
Router

12. Hardware Options Internet Connection Sharing Ethernet Switch Cable
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
Ethernet
Switch
NIC 2
Cable
Modem
NIC 1

13. 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
Crossover
UTP
Cable
Cable
Modem

14. Network and Internet Connections Dialog Box, Continued
Set up or change your Internet connection
Opens a Wizard

15. Setup to create a broadband connection
Internet Properties Connections Tab
Setup to create a broadband connection
For VPN and dial-up connections

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Click on Next button

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Select “Connect to the Internet”

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Select “Set up my connection manually”

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Select “Connect using a broadband connection
that is always on”

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Finish the connection

21. 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

22. Turning on Sharing Set up or change your home or small office network
is for setting up file and printer sharing
among PCs in your home

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This option allows a PC with two NICs to share its Internet connection

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This option is for setting up the Windows XP firewall

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These options turn on file (and directory) sharing and printer sharing

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Go through this checklist

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

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You must specify a workgroup name.
All computers on the network must use the
same workgroup name.
This same workgroup name is how
computers in the workgroup find one another

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

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The computer will apply the settings.

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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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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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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…

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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

35. 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

36. 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

37. 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)

38. Accessing a Shared Printer
Select
“Add a printer”

39. Accessing a Shared Printer
A Wizard
will be
activated

40. Accessing a Shared Printer
Select “A network printer …”

41. Accessing a Shared Printer
Select
“Browse for a printer”

42. Accessing a Shared Printer
Select a printer from the available printers.
Then select “Next”
The printer will then be available to you.

43. 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