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Setting a Small Network

This tutorial shows you how Windows 7 has helped take even more of the work out of networking.

You'll learn how to set up your own simple network and how to perform some useful administrative tasks.

Upcoming sections:

  • Setting Up a Peer-to-Peer Network
  • Changing the Computer and Workgroup Name
  • Connecting to a Wireless Network
  • Working with Windows 7's Basic Network Tools and Tasks
  • Accessing the Network and Sharing Center
  • Setting Up a Homegroup
  • Activating Homegroup Connections
  • Creating a Homegroup
  • Joining a Homegroup
  • Accessing the Homegroup
  • Changing Homegroup Settings and more

In this tutorial:

  1. Setting Up a Peer-to-Peer Network
  2. Changing the Computer and Workgroup Name
  3. Connecting to a Wireless Network
  4. Working with Windows 7's Basic Network Tools and Tasks
  5. Accessing the Network and Sharing Center
  6. Setting Up a Homegroup
  7. Activating Homegroup Connections
  8. Creating a Homegroup
  9. Joining a Homegroup
  10. Accessing the Homegroup
  11. Changing Homegroup Settings
  12. Turning Off Homegroup Connections
  13. Viewing Network Computers and Devices
  14. Displaying a Network Map
  15. Viewing Network Status Details
  16. Customizing Your Network
  17. Managing Network Connections
  18. Opening the Network Connections Window
  19. Renaming a Network Connection
  20. Enabling Automatic IP Addressing
  21. Confirming That Windows 7 Is Configured for Dynamic IP Addressing
  22. Displaying the Computer's Current IP Address
  23. Setting Up a Static IP Address
  24. Displaying the Current DNS Addresses
  25. Specifying the Static IP Address
  26. Using a Network Connection to Wake Up a Sleeping Computer
  27. Disabling a Network Connection
  28. Managing Wireless Network Connections
  29. Opening the Manage Wireless Networks Window
  30. Creating an Ad Hoc Wireless Network
  31. Working with Wireless Connection Properties
  32. Modifying Connection Properties
  33. Modifying Security Properties
  34. Renaming Wireless Connections
  35. Reordering Wireless Connections
  36. Creating User-Specific Wireless Connections
  37. Removing Wireless Connections