designing a home network
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Designing a Home Network. By Tabby Booth. Network Components. Motorola Cable Modem Wireless 4 port Linksys Router Compaq Desktop Computer – NIC card HP Laptop Computer – Built-in Wi-Fi Toshiba Laptop Computer – Built-in Wi-Fi Windows XP Windows Vista Windows 7 . - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Designing a Home NetworkBy Tabby Booth
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Network Components•Motorola Cable Modem •Wireless 4 port Linksys Router•Compaq Desktop Computer – NIC card•HP Laptop Computer – Built-in Wi-Fi•Toshiba Laptop Computer – Built-in Wi-Fi•Windows XP•Windows Vista•Windows 7
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Linksys 4 Port Wireless Router•The Router routes information
to the computers that are connected on the network.
• It controls the security of the information that is routed to the connecting computers.
•Our router supports wireless connections, DHCP routing, and allows our computers to get to the internet.
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Motorola Cable Modem•Our Cable Modem is
provided through Cable TV of East Alabama.
•This modem takes the Wide Area Network (WAN) and feeds it to the Local Area Network (LAN).
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Compaq Desktop•Our desktop is supported
by Windows XP Home Edition.
• This computer is connected to the router by a CAT 5 cable in one of the four ports.
• A NIC card is built into the motherboard, which enables the computer to receive an IP address.
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HP Laptop Computer•This computer is
supported by Windows 7. • It has a built-in wireless
card to enable it to connect to the network.
•The wireless security is set-up so that it must have a WEP Key ( Wired Equivalency Protocol
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Toshiba Laptop Computer•This computer is supported
by Windows Vista Home Edition.
• It also has a built-in wireless card to enable it to connect to the network.
•The wireless security is set-up so that it must have a WEP Key ( Wired Equivalency Protocol).
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Network Layout
LANLinksys Router
WANCable Modem
Wired by a CAT 5
Compaq Desktop
Computer
Wired by a CAT 5
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HP Laptop Toshiba Laptop
Wireless with WEP Security
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Setup Screen
* We do not use the host or domain name because we do not have a domain.* LAN IP ADDRESS – Allows us to connect to the router.* Wireless settings – This is where a security key was entered which keeps others from using our network. * WAN Connection Type – This is how we receive our IP address from our Internet Service Provider.
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Status Screen
*It shows the LAN IP address and the WAN IP address. * The LAN tells us what the our Local Area Network IP address is.The WAN is the IP address given by our Internet Service Provider.*If there is not an IP address under the WAN, then you are not getting a connection from your Internet Service Provider.
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DHCP Screen
*This screen shows us the starting IP address for the
computers that are connected to the
network.
* It shows the number of IP
address that will be issued by the
router, which in our network, is 5.
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The Network is Set-up:
How I created a shared folder:
•Right –click on the folder that you want to share within the network.
•Select ‘Properties’.
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•Select the 2nd tab, named “Sharing”.
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* Check the box that says, “Share this folder on the Network”.
* The folder name can be changed at this step.
*If you check, ‘Allow network users to change my files’, anyone on the network has access to change the document.
*Once you click OK, the folder and anything in the folder will be shared among members of the network.
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In other networks, there are many more steps to setting up and monitoring a network.
Our Home Network is basic because we mainly use it for surfing the internet. Therefore , the security that we have set-up is enough for our usage.