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You must indicate this in the Windows network settings. You then make a hard disk
or directory shareable by indicating this in its properties.
Click on the ‘Network Neighborhood’ icon on the desktop to access a shared hard
disk or directory. A drive letter can be assigned to a share so that it can be accessed
directly from every application. You can indicate this letter in the share’s properties.
6.3.2 Sharing
printers
Printers are shared in a similar way to files. You indicate that the printer is shared in
its properties. Only then will the printer be available on the network.
Everybody who wishes to use a shared printer must install that printer’s driver. It
must also be indicated that it is a network printer and not a local printer.
6.4 Warning
The TCP/IP protocol is also used for the Internet. If you have set up a TCP/IP and
switched on file and printer sharing, it is possible that somebody could access your
hard disk and/or printer via the Internet.
To prevent this problem, switch off file and printer sharing or remove ‘Client for
Microsoft Network’. (Make sure that the TCP/IP protocol and your network card are
installed.)
6.5
Windows 98 and Windows ME
6.5.1 Network
identification
1.
Open the ‘Control Panel’ (Start – Settings – Control Panel).
2.
Double-click on the ‘Network’ icon.
3.
Click on the ‘Identification’ tab.
4.
Change the settings and click on ‘OK’.
6.5.2
Adding and removing a protocol
A protocol is a language your computer uses to communicate with other computers.
See Windows Help for more information.
1.
Open the ‘Control Panel’ (Start – Settings – Control Panel).
2.
Click on ‘Add’, select ‘Protocol’ and, from the list, select the protocol you
wish to install.
3.
From the list, select the protocol that you wish to remove and click on
‘Remove’.
6.5.3 TCP/IP
settings
Follow the instructions below to give each computer in a network a fixed TCP/IP
address.
1.
Open the ‘Network Settings’ window.
2.
Select ‘TCP/IP’ and click on ‘Properties’.
3.
Click on the ‘IP Address’ tab
4.
Select ‘Specify an IP address’ to use a fixed TCP/IP address.
5.
Specify a TCP/IP address. This address must be unique in the network.
Only change the last figure for other computers in the network. This number
must be between 1 and 254.
6.
For ‘Subnet Mask’, fill in 255.255.255.0.
This address must be the same for every computer in the network.
7.
Click on ‘OK’ to return to the ‘Network Settings’ window.
