Setting Up Your Network The Old Fashion Way

This way takes longer and is more complex but you will have many more options. This method is highly suggested.

Setting Up Your Workgroup

1. Click on the Start.
2. Click on Control Panel.
3. On the left hand side click on Switch To Classic View. If it?s not there your already in classic view.
4. Double click on the System.

5. Click on the Computer Name tab located at the top of the new window.
6. Click on the Change.
7. Enter a name that you want your computer identified as in the Computer name box. This has to be different from all other computers on this network. If you plan on not using DHCP you should enter the first set of numbers (all numbers up to the first period) in your IP then period and then your name. Setting your IP number is further down in this guide.
8. If you are setting up a home network click on Workgroup and type in a
   workgroup name. Common ones are workgroup, mshome, and home network. Whatever you enter here has to be the same on all computers on the network. If you are connecting to a preexisting network ask the network administrator what the workgroup or domain name is. Enter the name in the Domain box if it is a domain or the Workgroup box if it is a workgroup. If the network uses a domain he will need to add your account to the domain. If this is the case he will need to know your computers name and he will tell you what to enter as a subnet, gateway, and DNS number. These steps are later in the guide. When your finished with the name and workgroup it should look something like this.

9. Now click on More.
10. Enter everything in your name after the first period in the Primary DNS suffix of this computer box. Make sure that the first set of numbers for your IP address is in the NetBIOS computer name box if you are not going to use DHCP.
11. Click on OK to go back to the Computer Name Changes window.
12. Click on OK. Then a message welcoming you to your new workgroup will appear.
13. Click OK.
14. Click OK.
15. Click Yes. You have just finished setting up your work group.