How Win8 Shares Network Win8 Shared Network Settings Guide

Network and Sharing Center is the most important graphical operation interface of Windows operating system for network configuration and application. The network and sharing center of Windows8 and Win7 network and sharing center have changed a lot, and many users are not commonly used. The content makes the user's operation easier and faster.

First, open the Windows8 network and sharing center

Open in the system tray

Right-click the network icon on the lower right side of the traditional desktop, click “Open the network and Share Center & rdquo;

It should be noted that the network icon in the figure is an icon that has been connected to the wireless network mode. According to the different network connection methods, there are also computer icons like computer icons. A variety of web icon styles, you can try more.

lOpen the Network and Sharing Center in the Control Panel

Step 1: Open the Control Panel. The previous section describes how many control panels are opened. Here is just one, use the shortcut Win+X, and then click on the Control Panel. Step 2: In the Control Panel, click "Network & Internet".

Step 3: Click on “Network and Sharing Center 

Second, Network and Sharing Center Introduction

Windows8 Network and Sharing Center Interface Compared to Windows7 Network and Sharing Center, Windows 8 Network and Sharing Center is in &ldquo ; Change network settings & rdquo; reduced the "Connect to the network" and "Set up shared files". "Connect to the network" merged into "Set up a new connection or network", "Set up shared files", focus on the sharing of folder properties, and the appearance looks more concise.

The left sidebar of the Network and Sharing Center has:

lControl Panel Home: You can go directly to the Control Panel home page

lChange Adapter Settings: All devices installed on the computer that can be connected to the Internet, LAN, etc. can be configured;

lChange advanced sharing settings: You can set the permission settings of different network users.

lInternet Options: You can set the Internet properties of IE10.

lWindows Firewall: You can set up Windows 8 network firewall.

l Family Group: You can create and change family group settings).

The right side of the Network and Sharing Center is:

lView Active Network: List all current networks that are connected to the Internet, LAN, and provide attribute description and status check on the network. And whether the network can join the home group network.

lChange network settings: You can add, delete, set network connections, set up routers, access points, and troubleshoot when encountering network problems.

Three, network hardware properties settings

In the network and sharing center, click on the left sidebar "Change adapter settings", open the network connection window, all computers can be connected Devices to the Internet, LAN, etc. are all appearing in the list.

Right-click on a network device and click on Properties to open the properties of the device. There are two tabs: "network" and "share" Here we can manually set the MAC, IP, DNS, etc. of this device.

The following details how we can modify and optimize the device properties.

1. Modify the IP and DNS of the network device.

First Step: In the "Network" tab" This connection uses the following items", double-click "Internet Protocol Version 4 (TCP/IPv4)", or select this option and then Click "Attributes".

Step 2: Windows 8 defaults to “automatically obtain IP address" and <;automatically obtain DNS server address", we only need to change the selected <; use the following IP address ” and “Use the following DNS server address”, then under the "IP address", "Subnet mask", "Default network management" and "Preferred DNS server", “ ;Alternate DNS server” Enter the content that needs to be modified, and finally click “OK”

Tip: The subnet mask of the home LAN is generally 255.255.255.0, Windows 8 will be filled in automatically, and the subnet mask belongs to the more professional network communication content, so it will not be introduced. The default gateway can be left blank and not filled in. Windows 8 will automatically search the gateway server IP in the network. The preferred DNS server and the alternate DNS server can also be left blank without writing, and Windows 8 will automatically match the gateway's DNS server. Another thing to note is that if the router (gateway) connected to the computer has DHCP enabled, if the user specifies the IP address, the network connection will not work properly because the IP address assigned to the computer by the router may be the IP address set by the user. Not the same, causing conflicts.

l Modify IP and DNS Advanced

Click the “Advanced” button to go to “Advanced TCP/IP Settings”. In “IP Settings", you can set multiple IP addresses, subnet masks, and default gateways for network devices. Windows 8 will automatically match each one most appropriately.

In the "DNS" tab, you can also set up multiple DNS servers and sort the DNS servers.

In the "WINS" label, you can set the mapping between the host name and the IP address in the LAN. Home users generally do not use this function and will not be described in detail here.

2. Modify the MAC address

In the "Network" tab" Use ” in the "" "Configure" button, will Turn on the drive properties of the network device. Then click on the “Advanced tab", select “network address" in the attribute list, then select the “value” on the right side, and fill in the box with the MAC address without <;&&&&&&&; “010B0C75ECCD”, finally click “OK”

3.Installing and Uninstalling Network Protocols

Some network applications and games require some network protocols that Windows 8 does not install by default (such as Red Alert 2 LAN Battle needs to be outdated) The network protocol IPX/SPX), we need to manually install it. Step 1: Click on the “Install” button in the “Network” tab to open the “Select Network Function Type” and select “Agreement” and click the “Add” button.

Step 2: If there is a network protocol in the list that you want to install, select and click “OK” If not, click “Install from Disk” and select the folder location of the network protocol to display the installed network protocol in the list, then click “OK” to confirm.

If you don't need some network protocols, click on the following items in the "Network" tab; use the following items> in the network protocol you want to uninstall, click “ Uninstall & rdquo;