The
term networking covers a broad range of the topics and technologies. A
computer network is segmented into different parts to share the data and
resourced between the different computers of a network. Microsoft has
released the operating systems that have the networking capabilities so
Microsoft windows 98, Microsoft Windows 2000, Windows 2003, windows XP
Professional and Windows Vista all are the network operating systems.
All these operating systems have built inn capabilities of files and
printer sharing , security, network administrative control, protocols
support such as TCP/IP, NetBIOS, IPX/SPX and network hardware support.
Naming computer
All computers in windows based network requires a unique name for their identification i.e. the name of ht computer A cannot be assigned to the computer B and so on. Assign a meaningful computer name to all the computer and the name should be easy longer than the 15 characters and thy contain no spaces in the. Also try to avoid the special names while naming the computers such as /\ *,:,. To assign a computer name in Windows XP and Windows 2000 do the following things.
Right click on the My computer.
Click Properties.
Click on Computer name.
Assign a unique and meaningful computer name.
Naming Workgroup and Domains
A Windows based computer network can be a workgroup (Peer to Peer) or domain (client/server). You can make your computer a part of the workgroup or a domain. If you have centralized server then your computer will be part of the domain and if you have no server then all computers will be having peer to peer networking. In both cases while joining your computer to a domain or a workgroup always assign unique, sequenced, memorable and meaningful names to the computers. Do not use duplicate names and the special character such as /\*,:,,. In order to join a computer to a domain of workgroup in Windows 20000 and Windows XP Professional do the following.
Right Click on my computer.
Click Properties
click on Computer Name.
In workgroup or domain, enter the name of the workgroup or domain.
If everything is correct such as unique computer name, unique IP address, correct workgroup or domain name then you computer will be the part of the workgroup or domain in the few seconds and you will be see a welcome to domain or workgroup message and will be prompted to restart the computer name.
Naming computer
All computers in windows based network requires a unique name for their identification i.e. the name of ht computer A cannot be assigned to the computer B and so on. Assign a meaningful computer name to all the computer and the name should be easy longer than the 15 characters and thy contain no spaces in the. Also try to avoid the special names while naming the computers such as /\ *,:,. To assign a computer name in Windows XP and Windows 2000 do the following things.
Right click on the My computer.
Click Properties.
Click on Computer name.
Assign a unique and meaningful computer name.
Naming Workgroup and Domains
A Windows based computer network can be a workgroup (Peer to Peer) or domain (client/server). You can make your computer a part of the workgroup or a domain. If you have centralized server then your computer will be part of the domain and if you have no server then all computers will be having peer to peer networking. In both cases while joining your computer to a domain or a workgroup always assign unique, sequenced, memorable and meaningful names to the computers. Do not use duplicate names and the special character such as /\*,:,,. In order to join a computer to a domain of workgroup in Windows 20000 and Windows XP Professional do the following.
Right Click on my computer.
Click Properties
click on Computer Name.
In workgroup or domain, enter the name of the workgroup or domain.
If everything is correct such as unique computer name, unique IP address, correct workgroup or domain name then you computer will be the part of the workgroup or domain in the few seconds and you will be see a welcome to domain or workgroup message and will be prompted to restart the computer name.
