Graphic analysis of Windows 8 network and sharing center

First, how to open the Windows 8 network and sharing center

A. Open in the system tray

B. Right-click the network icon on the lower right side of the traditional desktop and click “ Open the Network and Sharing Center”

Note that the network icons in the figure are icons that are connected to the wireless network mode. There are several different network icon styles, such as computer-like network icons, depending on the network connection. You can try more.

We open 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 in "Change Network Settings" ; reduced "connected to the network" and "set shared files" in rdquo;. "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 is:

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

Change Adapter Settings: All that can be installed on your computer Devices that can be connected to the Internet, LAN, etc. for configuration;

Change advanced sharing settings: You can set permissions settings for different network users.

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

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

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

The right side of the Network and Sharing Center is:

View Active Network: Lists all current networks that are connected to the Internet, LAN, and provides attribute descriptions and status checks for the network, and Whether the network can join the home group network.

Change network settings: You can add, delete, set up network connections, set up routers, access points, and troubleshoot when you encounter network problems.

Third, network hardware property settings

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

Right-click on a network device and click 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.

Step 1: In the "Network" label, use the following items in this connection, 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 <quo;automatically obtain DNS server address", we only need to change the selected <;Use the following IP address" and “ The following DNS server address & rdquo;, 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.

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" tab, you can set the mapping between host names and IP addresses in the LAN. This feature is not used by home users and will not be described in detail here.

2. Modify the MAC address

In the "Network" tab" Use “ in the "" button, click the “Config" button to open the driver 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 requires an outdated network protocol IPX/SPX ), then we need to install it manually. 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 do not need some network protocols, select the following items in the "Network" tab; use the following items> in the network protocol you want to uninstall, click “Uninstall"