Connect a computer to the network

To accomplish this you need:

• A physical network . If you have many computers you'll need a structured network but if you want to connect two PCs only, a cross-over cable will do.
• A new network card although this is standard with most new computers
• Tthe manufacturer's driver disk if windows does not have the drivers for your card.

1. Select network in the "control panel."
2. select "add" then "adapter"
3. In the dialogue that opens select the manufacturer of your adpater and the model if its drivers are provided by windows
4. Iif not select "have disk" and browse to the location where the adapter's .inf (driver information file) file is located, select it and click "ok"
5. Windows will install the adapter for you
   select "add" again and select "client" then add the correct "client" ( client for microsoft networks or client for netware networks) depending on the network you're connecting to then click "ok"
6. select "add" and then select "protocol" this will list all the protocols select the appropriate one and click "ok".The most commonly used protocol is TCP/IP select this and click "ok".
7. Configure your TCP/IP by selecting it then click "properties"
8. Iissue the computer with an ip address e.g. 192.168.0.1 and the appropriate subnet mask e.g. 255.255.255.0 and gateway, DNS settings and click "ok"
9. Select "add" again and select "services" then select "file and printer" sharing depending on the client you selected
10. click ok (Please note that you will need the cab files from your installation CD)
11. You will need to restart your system for the settings to take effect

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