Whenever you explore the Network Neighbourhood on the desktop, the computers it displays are those that have the same workgroup name as your computer. You should assign a common workgroup name to computers that share resources such as files and printers with each other. For example, you can assign a common workgroup name to computers that belong to a single department, project, or site.
Computer Description. You may also enter an optional description of your computer. The description will appear to anyone browsing the network, but it has no other function. If you want to assign a name to your computer, perform the following procedure:. Choose Start, Settings, and then Control Panel. Double-click the Network icon and click the Identification tab see Figure 8.
Enter a computer name, workgroup name, and computer description for your computer. Click OK. Figure 8. Installing and Configuring Network Adapter Cards. You must install a network adapter card that the computer uses to interface with the network. This card provides the physical connection to the network type, media, and protocols. Windows 98 supports a wide range of network types including:. Windows 98 supports up to four network adapter cards in a single computer.
After you physically install the drivers for the network adapter card in the computer, you can install the adapter and configure it for Windows 98 using the Add New Hardware Wizard or the Network icon in Control Panel. If you want to install and configure a network adapter, perform the following procedure:.
In Control Panel , double-click the Network icon. On the Configuration tab, click Add. Choose the manufacturer and adapter, and then click OK see Figure 8. Click OK to close the Network properties sheet. After copying the files needed to support the adapter, Windows 98 may prompt you to confirm or change resources for the adapter if there is a conflict. If there are no conflicts, the program will prompt you to restart the computer.
After the computer restarts, you can configure the adapter by returning to Control Panel and double-clicking the Network icon. Click the adapter, then click Properties. Depending on the adapter, you can change the driver type and the binding. NDIS is an industry-standard device driver specification that is independent of both the network protocol and the adapter card. NDIS allows a network adapter card to use more than one protocol. Windows 98 supports NDIS 2.
NDIS 5. For more information on NDIS 5. For more information on configuring these types of network adapters, refer to the Microsoft Windows 98 Resource Kit.
Installing Network Protocols. In order for two computers to communicate on a network, they must use a common network protocol. If you want to install a network protocol, perform the following procedure:. Open Control Panel and double-click the Network icon. On the Configuration tab click Add. Windows 98 can accommodate multiple protocols on a single computer including:. For this reason, it is a good choice for small networks that do not use routers.
You also can use DLC to print to printers connected directly to the network instead of to a port on a computer acting as a print server. Although you can install DLC on a Windows 98 computer, you cannot use it to communicate with other Windows 98 computers. Windows 98 includes both bit and bit DLC drivers. If possible, you should use the bit driver for increased performance and stability. It is fully routable and is often used as a basis for wide area networks WANs.
Fast Infrared Protocol. Fast infrared protocol can give a computer wireless LAN access. This protocol supports devices with a throughput of up to 4 Megabits per second Mbps. Throughput is a measure of the data transfer rate through a typically complex communications system or of the data processing rate in a computer system.
ATM Asynchronous Transfer Mode ATM is a high-speed network technology capable of transmitting data, voice, and video traffic in real time using fixed-length packets transmitted over reserved network bandwidth. ATM is a connection-based protocol and therefore must establish a connection before transmitting any data. ATM Call Manager. This level establishes the connection initiates the call and communicates with the switch hardware that is analogous to a hub in an Ethernet environment.
You can set up bridges to other network segments or partition part of the ATM network to form a smaller segment. At the least, each network adapter you install in the computer requires an IP address and a subnet mask. Assigning an IP Address. If you want to assign an IP address, perform the following procedure:.
Click on Properties. On the IP Address tab see Figure 8. If you do not have a computer on your network that can act as a DHCP server, or if you need to assign a permanent, static address to your computer, you should specify an IP address and subnet mask manually. Important If you use a static IP address, make sure the address is accurate. If you assign an incorrect number, your computer may not be able to communicate on the network.
You could also prevent another user from being able to use the network. Obtaining an IP Address Automatically. This new Windows 98 mechanism causes the computer to assign itself an IP address in the form of Windows 98 will continue to use this address until it detects the presence of a DHCP server. Consequently, computers enabled with Automatic Private IP Addressing can communicate only with computers that also have addresses of the form Assigning a Gateway. In order to access computers on other subnets, your Windows 98 computer must be configured for one or more gateways, a combination of hardware and software that connect two different types of networks.
Although you can have as many as eight gateways in the Installed Gateway list see Figure 8. Because gateways entered manually will supersede the ones assigned through DHCP, if you manually enter a gateway assignment, be careful not to override the DHCP-provided default gateways. When you attempt to connect to another computer running Windows 98, your computer will query the WINS server to find out the IP address of the remote computer. Without a WINS server, you need to maintain a text database file that contains computer names-to-IP address mappings to connect to computers on remote subnets.
DNS is a hierarchical naming system that uses a combination of text names separated by periods to create a unique name, such as example. The DNS server contains a database that converts the name assigned to your computer into a number.
The number enables the computer to connect to the network. If you enable DNS, you can use your host name a name to identify your computer on a local network plus a domain name or suffix to create an Internet address. This utility enables you to see not only your IP address but also your subnet mask and other information that could be critical to your setup. Click Start , then Run and type winipcfg. Releasing an IP address before the lease has expired makes the address available for assignment to other computers.
Troubleshooting a Connection Using Ping. The ping command verifies a connection to a remote host by sending four by default ICMP echo packets to the host and listening for echo reply packets. The ping command waits for up to one second for each packet sent and prints the number of packets transmitted and received. To test a connection, you can use the ping command with the following options:.
If a ping to a remote host fails, try to ping your default gateway. Three commands you can use are:. Localhost is a reserved host name that maps to a reserved IP address When you type ping localhost , the messages are local to your computer; no packets are sent to the network. If pinging localhost is successful, you receive four replies from IP address If the ping command is unsuccessful you will receive a message that says local host is unknown.
Troubleshooting a Connection Using Tracert. If you can ping your default gateway but not a remote host, try the tracert trace route command. The tracert commands you can use are:. Document the information that the tracert command returns when the remote host is available. Later, if the remote host is not available, you can compare the information returned by tracert at that time to the original tracert report and determine which gateway is unavailable.
Note If your organization uses a proxy server for access to the Internet, you may not be able to use ping or tracert for hosts outside of your intranet. Configuring Network Bindings. Because Windows 98 can support multiple network adapters, protocols, and services simultaneously, these network components need a way to interface with each other.
To do this, the components use a process called binding, which sets up communication between the components. Bindings are configured between network adapter cards and protocols, and between protocols and services. By default, all possible bindings are enabled, but you can optimise performance by modifying bindings. Here are some sample scenarios:. Disabling the unused bindings can improve your computer's performance slightly.
Disabling the unused binding may improve your computer's performance slightly. You can make NetBEUI your default protocol by selecting the default protocol option on the Advanced tab in the Properties dialog box for that protocol see Figure 8.
The default protocol overrides other protocols when your computer attempts to establish a session with a remote computer. To optimise performance, you should make the protocol you use most often your default protocol. To improve performance when you have multiple adapters and protocols, you can modify bindings between adapters, protocols, and clients.
If you want to configure the bindings for a network component, perform the following procedure:. On the Configuration tab, choose the adapter or protocol whose binding you want to modify. Click Properties and select the Bindings tab. Select the appropriate bindings. To use Windows 98 networking features, you must first give your computer a unique name that other computers on the network will recognize. You then install the hardware and software that enables your computer to connect to the network, and configure the protocol that your computer uses to communicate with other computers on the network.
Sharing Windows 98 Resources. To share resources on a Windows 98 network, you must set up your computer and other computers so that they can function in a shared environment.
This lesson discusses sharing Windows 98 resources, including files and printers. Installing Client for Microsoft Networks. On a Microsoft network, you must have Client for Microsoft Networks installed in order to enable file and printer sharing. With Client for Microsoft Networks installed, you can enable sharing, and you can modify the properties of folders and printers in order to share them. Client for Microsoft Networks is a bit, protected-mode network client for Windows 98 that provides network functionality for Microsoft operating systems, including:.
Client for Microsoft Networks can use any combination of the following protocols:. If the setup program detects your network adapter during setup, the program installs Client for Microsoft Networks by default. You can also install and configure Client for Microsoft Networks manually. If you want to install and configure Client for Microsoft Networks, perform the following procedure:. The Select Network Component Type dialog box appears. Click Client and click Add. The Select Network Client dialog box appears see Figure 8.
Click Microsoft , and then click Client for Microsoft Networks. After installing Client for Microsoft Networks, you can allow other computers on the network to access shared data on your computer by enabling file and printer sharing for Microsoft Networks. Configuring Microsoft File and Printer Sharing. After you have configured network connectivity, you can share resources among the Windows 98 computers on your network by installing File and Printer Sharing for Microsoft Networks.
You can configure file and printer sharing using Control Panel see Figure 8. You could try this 3. Install PPPoE client sw. Click to expand Gackleman23 said:. Why does he need a PPPoE he has a cable modem. Ok, this is a normal display Code:. Did Windows detect it and install the correct driver?
If not you are going to have to figure out what card it is and get the correct driver. Also check your Internet Options control panel or the settings or something in IE they are the same thing and make sure you are set to never dial a connection, or at least dial when a network connection is not available. Check that you have DNS servers configured correctly. Enter the servers in "DNS server search order" list.
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