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Table Of Contents
21. Home Network
The Network module allows you to manage the Acronis Internet Security products
installed on your home computers from a single computer. To access the Home
Network module, open Acronis Internet Security and, depending on the user interface
view mode, proceed as follows:
Intermediate View
Go to the Network tab.
Expert View
Go to Home Network.
Note
You can also add a shortcut to My Tools.
To be able to manage the Acronis Internet Security products installed on your home
computers, you must follow these steps:
1. Enable the Acronis Internet Security home network on your computer. Set your
computer as Server.
2. Go to each computer you want to manage and join the network (set the password).
Set each computer as Regular.
3. Go back to your computer and add the computers you want to manage.
21.1. Enabling the Acronis Internet Security Network
To enable the Acronis Internet Security home network, follow these steps:
1. Click Enable Network. You will be prompted to configure the home management
password.
2. Type the same password in each of the edit fields.
3. Set the role of the computer in the Acronis Internet Security home network:
Server Computer - select this option on the computer that will be used to
manage all the other ones.
Regular Computer - select this option on the computers that will be managed
by the Server Computer.
4. Click OK.
You can see the computer name appearing in the network map.
The Disable Network button appears.
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