How to choose network location

When connecting to network
for the first time in a certain place, we should find that a box will always pop up asking for network
, The working network and the public network select a network to connect. So we are used to it, if you connect in the home computer, you choose the home network; if you are in the office, we choose the working network; and in the coffee shop or other public places to connect to the wifi, choose the public network. But many people don't know why.

If you are a network administrator or computer enthusiast, we need to know what it means. I will share it with you.

Connecting different network locations is actually setting the security level of different firewalls for your own
computer
, what is the specific? There are many online, understand There are very few people. I speak popularly and everyone can easily understand.

Home Network: In the family, we choose “Home Network”. It means the right to create or join a family group, "network discovery" is turned on, meaning that other people's computers or their own computers can be found in the network neighborhood.

Work Network: In the office or office, we choose “work network”. The same "network discovery" is turned on, but there is no permission to create or join a family group.

Public Network: Link wireless wifi in public places, we choose "public network”. The security level is high, "Network Discovery" is turned off, and there are permissions to create or join a family group to protect the computer from attacks from other networks in public places.

Note: If you don't need sharing software or printers, choose the public network is the highest; many people often mistake the "public network" is the most insecure, in fact, the most secure.

If the first jump to a network location, in & ldquo; Network and Sharing Center & rdquo; can be changed, as shown in a display position: