HP Vectra VL5 5 Network Manual
Basic procedure for configuring your lan
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- Page 1 Configuring your LAN Basic Procedure Ver.1.4...
- Page 2 Hewlett-Packard Company. Microsoft®, Windows® and MS-DOS® are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation. is a trademark of Intel Corporation. Pentium® is a registered trademark of Intel Corporation. Hewlett-Packard France Business Desktop Division 38053 Grenoble Cedex 9 France 2002 Hewlett-Packard Company...
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Page 3: Table Of Contents
Contents 1. BASIC REQUIREMENTS... 4 2. BASIC QUESTIONS FOR LAN CONNECTION SETUP ... 4 3. GLOSSARY AND LAN FUNDAMENTALS ... 5 4. FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS ... 7 5. STEP-BY-STEP CONFIGURATION... 9 ETTING CHECKING YOUR NETWORK ADAPTER ON HECKING ETTING ASIC NETWORK CONFIGURATION HECKING THE CONNECTIVITY BETWEEN 95, 98, 2000, NT4, XP... -
Page 4: Basic Requirements
1. Basic requirements The purpose of this guide is to enable you to successfully connect two LAN adapters and transfer files between them. The hardware required to test a LAN connection is detailed below: Two different network card adapters Two PCs in which the network adapters have been correctly installed (with drivers) Connection hardware. -
Page 5: Glossary And Lan Fundamentals
3. Glossary and LAN fundamentals A network is divided into several layers. It is not within the scope of this document to explain this in details. However, basic knowledge is required to understand if and where LAN connection is failing. IP Address: this is an identifier that allows computers to talk to each other over a worldwide connection. - Page 6 Gateway: this is a router that will locate a route to your destination on the network. This has no use on a local area network with no need to access the Internet or a remote PC (that doesn’t belong to the same subnet, for example, if the distance is greater than 100m).
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Page 7: Frequently Asked Questions
4. Frequently Asked Questions Q: When I browse my network neighborhood, I cannot see any computers. A: Network browsing mostly relies on a protocol called NETBIOS. This protocol allows the name of your PC to be known by other PCs if you belong to the same workgroup. For details on how to configure NETBIOS or change your network workgroup or PC name click here... - Page 8 Q: I want to check the LAN’s performance. A: One way to check the LAN’s performance is by file transfer. To do this, open a shared folder on a remote PC and copy a large file to it (about 50 MB). If ‘t’ represents the time in second to complete the transfer, the network’s performance will be: File size * 8/t;...
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Page 9: Step-By-Step Configuration
5. Step-by-step configuration Setting/checking your network adapter on Windows 95, 98, 2000, NT4, XP. Click on Start, Select Settings and on the Control Panel. Double click on System and, if it exists, click on the Hardware tab (Windows 2000, NT4). Finally, click on Device Manager. - Page 10 For details of the network adapters present on your system, click on the + icon on the left-hand side of Network adapters. You can also double-click on the hardware matching your configuration to check it’s status. If your hardware has a yellow “!” indicated next to it or a warning message that the device is not functioning properly, you will need to reinstall the driver by clicking on update driver.
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Page 11: Checking / Setting Basic Network Configuration
Checking / Setting Basic network configuration If your network adapters are working normally (as reported by device manager), you can check the configuration of your LAN. The first step is to find out the identification of your PC on the network. - Page 12 To change the configuration, you will need to click on Properties and Change your PC name. If you are member of a domain or a workgroup, you can select these. If you do not know the name of an existing domain or workgroup, you can enter any workgroup name (you then become the first member).
- Page 13 The second check box is for shared files and folders. You will need this if you want to see another PC directory or share folders/files with other PCs. If it is not listed, click on install, then select services. Click on OK, select files and printer sharing and finally click on OK.
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Page 14: C Hecking The Connectivity Between 2 Computers
Checking the connectivity between 2 computers Please refer to Glossary/subnet mask to check whether or not your PCs are in the same sub-network. If not a properly configured gateway is required to route the packets/ messages to each other. 1 Click on Start and then on Run. Depending on your OS, type the following in the dialog box: For Windows 95, Windows 98, type COMMAND and press <enter>. - Page 15 The physical address is the MAC address (Go to Glossary). Note the IP address of the target PC you want to check connectivity between and type “ping <ip address of the other PC>” Example: ping 192.168.0.127 If you obtain an answer, this it means that the 2 computers can see each other and communicate.