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Book VII
Chapter 1
Setting Up a Peer-
to-Peer Network
Installing and Using a Networked Printer
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1. Insert the Network Setup Disk in the floppy drive.
2. Open Windows Explorer to the floppy drive, and double-click the
Netsetup (or Netsetup.exe) file.
This launches the Network Setup Wizard.
3. In the first screen of the wizard, click Yes when asked if you want to
install network support files on your system.
4. At the next screen, remove the floppy disk and click OK.
5. The next screen asks if you want to restart your computer. Click Yes.
6. After the restart, the wizard displays the Welcome to the Network
Setup Wizard screen. Follow the instructions in the wizard.
Installing and Using a Networked Printer
One of the most common reasons for setting up a network is to share a
printer. You can physically connect a printer to your network in a couple
of ways:
✦ If your printer doesn’t have a NIC in it, connect the printer to one of the
computers on the network and turn on the printer. (This is more common
in a small network and is the kind of printer described in this section.)
✦ If your printer has a NIC in it, you can connect it directly by running a
cable to the network hub. (This configuration is found more commonly
in a corporate environment. This section doesn’t cover this kind of
setup.)
Before you can set up a shared printer, you must install it as a local printer. If
you’ve already installed a local printer, skip to the section “Sharing Resources
on the Network,” later in this chapter. If you haven’t set up a local printer,
connect the printer to the computer, turn it on, log on to that computer as
Computer Administrator, and then follow these steps:
1. Choose Start➪Control Panel➪Printers and Faxes to open the Printers
and Faxes folder.
2. Click the Add a Printer button to start the Add Printer Wizard.
The Welcome screen appears.
3. Click Next.
4. In the next Add Printer Wizard screen, select Local Printer Attached
To This Computer and click Next.
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