ZEDEX The School Networking Solution!

Open Control Panel ... then select Network

... Select Add ...

At this point there will be four items from which to select

... select Adapter ... Add ... then select the manufacturer of your ethernet card and then select Have Disk.

You should be provided with a selection showing your ethernet card. Select it and select OK. The network configuration window should now show your ethernet card and probably IPX as a protocol.

Back at the configuration window, Select Add and from the list of four Network Components, select protocol ... Add ... Microsoft ... NetBEUI ... OK.

Then again select protocol ... Add ... Microsoft ... TCPIP ... OK.

Back at the Network configuration window select IPX and remove it. If there are any items referring to Client for Netware, remove them as well (your disks will probably not have the software for those items). You will only need these if you are using a Novell Network.

Now select Add again and this time select Client ... Add ... Microsoft ... Client for Microsoft Networks ...OK.

Now back at the Network Configuration window, you should see a tab at the top called Identification. Select it and give your computer a unique name (each computer must have a different name. It could be Bob, or Heather, or Unit12, or WS55). Leave workgroup as workgroup.

Don't select OK yet.

Select the top Configuration tab and select TCPIP and then the Properties button.

Give the computer a unique IP address. These should be in the range of 192.168.0.1 to 192.168.0.255 (just changing the last number). The subnet mask must be 255.255.255.0

Now select OK. The computer will now proceed with the installation. You may have to help it along at times. You will have to restart the computer, and it will gather files, but if all goes well, you will be completely setup. If the logon script box comes up, your in good shape. Just select OK without providing a password.

If you don't want that logon box to come up each time you reboot, go back to the Control Panel ... Network ... Configuration. On the configuration panel you will find a box that has Client for Microsoft Networks selected.

Select Windows Logon instead.

File and Printer Sharing

If you intend to allow users to use resources on this computer, like the printer, select the File and Print Sharing button, and then indicate, by selecting, that you want to be able to share your resources.

How do I know the card and software is installed properly?

In Explorer, there are extra icons present which are there to allow you to share or connect to other computers. If they are present, you are probably setup okay.

How do I connect the cables?

The connection is done through either coaxial cable, in which case each computer must have a T connector (usually provided with the card) and terminators for the two ends of the line, or twisted pair cables which require the purchase of a network hub. Which one you use depends on your setup. Coax is the least expensive if there are only a fewer computers.

I’m connected, now what?

To make each connection for sharing a resource (drives, folders, printers) there is a two step routine. First the computer that has the resource must offer it to be shared. Next other computers must connect to that shared resource.

How do I share a printer?

First you must have Printer Sharing enabled. See above.

Next, while on the computer that has the printer connected to it (already setup to print), either through Settings or the My Computer icon, go to Printers folder. Right click on the printer and select Sharing. Under the Sharing tab, select Shared As and give the printer its network name. No real need to bother with a comment or password.

Now go to any other computer on the network and go to the Printers Folder. Select Add Printer and complete the Wizard. Select network printer and in the network path type \\computer name\printer name i.e. \\barry\hp

Indicate that it is to be the default printer.

Finish the setup and the printer should show up as an icon in the Printers Folder.

Try printing something. It should print on the printer connected to the other computer. Of course, the other computer has to be on.

How do I share a folder?

Here's you tutorial in File Sharing: File Sharing Screen Cam

First you must have File Sharing enabled. See above.

On the computer that has the folder, use Explorer and right click on the folder that you want to share.

Select Sharing...

Select Shared As and decide on the access type.

Add a password only if you feel one is necessary.

Explorer will now show this folder as shared by putting a little share hand on the folder.

Now go to any other computer in the network, and while in Explorer, select the Map Network Drive Button. This can also be accessed from the Neighborhood Network

It will offer you an available drive letter, while you type in the computer and shared folder name in the following fashion.

\\barry\heatherk

Notice that the name of the computer is preceded by a double backward slash.

Note that WFW and Windows 95 are not case sensitive, while WindowsNT is.

Now a drive letter will show up in all drive boxes and all files in that folder will be available..

It will also show up in Explorer or File Manager and you will be able to drag'n'drop, cut, copy or paste to or from it as if it was a folder in the local computer.

In a like fashion you will be able to share any directory, even the whole C: drive or any CD-ROM drive.

To share a CD-ROM in WFW you must add /s in the line in autoexec.bat for the CD-ROM driver.

i.e. c:\windows\mscdex.exe /s /d:cdrom1 /l:d

You can even run programs from the folder on the other computer, as long as all necessary dll's are in the local computer or in that folder. You can install programs from CD-ROM's on other computers including encyclopedias which can be shared with numerous computers from one CD.

When you Map a network drive (Connect to a network drive), you have an opportunity to select "Reconnect at Logon".

When this is selected, the computer will connect to that drive when it is booted up.

If a password was required, you will have an opportunity to add it to the password list, so that you don't have to retype it each time you connect. Not a good idea if you don't want others, who use that computer, to have access to that resource.