Basic Home Networking - Windows 2000 Setup


Windows 2000 utilizes a networking interface much different then the one found in Windows 9x/ME. "Network Neighborhood" is dumped in favor of "My Network Places" (re-nameable of course). This guide assumes the hardware is in place (NIC, ethernet cord) and functional.


 

Opening My "Network Places"

 

Right-click "My Network Places" and select PROPERTIES.

 

Opening "Local Area Connection"

 

Do it again, only substitute "Local Area Connection" for My Network Places".

 

Selecting "TCP/IP properties"

 

Highlight "Internet Protocol TCP/IP" then click PROPERTIES

Check/uncheck the "File and Print Sharing" option according to your file sharing habits. Win2K has many more options for file sharing, but they are left as an exercise for the reader.

 

Changing "TCP/IP properties"

 

Now we can actually do something. Change the radio button to "Use the following IP address" and enter an IP address. Re-visit this section if you've forgotten what numbers to enter.

Notice that right after entering an IP address the "Subnet mask" will automagically be entered. Ah... the advance of technology.




That's all for these windows, click OK multiple times and decline the reboot offer.


For some reason Microsoft moved the workgroup section into "My Computer", your guess is as good as mine.


 

Opening "My Computer"

 

Right-click "My Computer" then click PROPERTIES

 

"Opening Network Identification"

 

Change the tab to "Network Identification" and click PROPERTIES

 

Changing Identification

 

Enter a Computer name then enter the Workgroup name.


Click OK several times then reboot. Your computer is now on the network!


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