Practical tips for networking under Windows XP

In order to stop the spread of viruses and hacking, many people have installed firewall software in their love machines, but do you know? In fact, Windows XP system also comes with a firewall. Just log in as an administrator or a member of the Administrators group, click "Start → Control Panel", double-click "Network Connection", you can see that there is an icon named "Local Area Connection" under "LAN or High Speed ​​Internet Connection". Right-click on the icon and select "Properties". In the "Properties
" window, click on the "Advanced" tab and check "Protect my computer and network by restricting or blocking access to this computer from the Internet." "Checkbox, click "OK", you can get a free firewall protection!

Diagnose Network Status

There is no problem with the computer! If you turn on your computer and find that you can't connect to the Internet, what do you think of? Is it doubting that telecommunications has a problem or is it that there is something wrong with the local area network? Do you want to pull the network card? Don't panic, you may wish to click "Accessories → System Tools → System Information", in the system information window, click the menu "Tools", select "Network Diagnostics", open the network diagnostic tool in Windows XP, click "Settings" Scan Options, select the item you want to diagnose, and then click the “Scan Your System” item to diagnose the current system network. You can see things like Internet service, computer information, modem and network adapter in a few moments. Information.

Make full use of bandwidth

The speed of using broadband Internet is naturally much faster than ordinary dial-up Internet access, but Windows XP system will automatically reserve a part of the bandwidth, I think it is a waste, use it! Click "Start → Run", enter "gpedit.msc" in the "Run" dialog (the file is located in the "C:\\WINNT\\SYSTEM32" folder), click the "OK" button to start Windows XP Group Policy Editing Device. In the Local Computer Policy, expand the Computer Configuration→Administrative Templates→Network→QoS Packet Scheduler branch.

Double-click the "Limit Retainable Bandwidth" item in the right window, you can see that the "Bandwidth Limit" default value is 20% here, we just change it to "Enabled" and will "Bandwidth" The limit value is changed to "0%" to maximize bandwidth utilization.