Must not look at Windows XP system broadband application skills

        Nowadays, there are more and more friends using high-speed Internet access such as ADSL and LAN. For example, the broadband broadband Internet access provided by the city where the author is located is not limited (but the traffic is limited to 512KB). It’s really a pleasure. If you have upgraded to the Windows XP operating environment, then the following broadband tips are a must:

1. Check the broadband connection status

Just open "Dial-up Network" from the "Start/Control Panel" Window, you can see that an available connection has been established under "LAN or High Speed ​​Internet Connection". The default name of this available connection is "Local Area Connection". For the convenience of use, I have renamed it to "Broadband Connection". . Double-click the icon or execute the "Status" command from the shortcut menu, you can see a window, from which you can see the status of this connection (whether connected), duration (connected time) and speed, etc. parameter.

2. Disconnect the broadband connection

I use the LAN LAN mode to access the Internet, I don't need a dial-up connection every time, I can access the Internet when I turn it on. It is very convenient. Some friends who want to temporarily disconnect the broadband connection, but can't find the "disconnect" command from the shortcut menu, do you want to unplug the network cable?

Of course not, we can right click on "local connection" , execute the "deactivate" command in the shortcut menu, so that you can disconnect. When you want to connect again later, just execute the "Enable" command. However, after testing, I found that when the broadband connection is disabled, the connection is easy to fail when it is enabled again, and the "repair" command can be executed.

3. Using the built-in firewall

In the "Properties" window, click on the "Advanced" tab and check "Protect me by restricting or blocking access to this computer from the Internet." After the "Computer and Network" checkbox, you can get a free firewall protection, why not?

4. Implement broadband ICS

Now that broadband has been used, why? Don't let other computers in your home enjoy it too? Below, the author introduces some tips to the friends to implement broadband ICS (Internet Connection Sharing) in Windows XP:

(1) From the hardware Guarantee ICS

First, we must physically connect the computer (in the case of desktops and laptops). For the average home user, it is relatively simple to set up a peer-to-peer network, that is, let each station One of the services that ICS can achieve by directly communicating with each other, so that resource sharing can be realized without a dedicated server.

Simply put, you need to prepare the network card, five twisted pair, crystal head and other things. Please pay attention to the direction and line arrangement when making the connector of the network cable. If you are not sure, you can Refer to the previous articles in this newspaper, or simply ask the computer company's technical
staff to help you with the network cable, so you can avoid a lot of trouble.

(2) Set up peer-to-peer network

Each computer should be equipped with a network card. The computer as the ICS host should have two network cards (preferably the desktop as the host), one of which is a network card. Connected to the broadband network, the other is connected to the laptop through the network cable, respectively installed the driver of the network card, WindowsXP can automatically identify the vast majority of network cards, in addition to the need to add TCP /IP, NWLinkIPX /SPX /NetBIOSCompatibleTransport , NWLinkNetBiOS and other protocols, this can be done by right-clicking on "My Network Places" → "Properties" → "Local Area Connection" → "Properties" → "Installation" → "Protocol". If all goes well, you can quickly see each other's computers in Network Neighborhood.

Description: Under normal circumstances, Windows XP will automatically configure the IP address, no longer need to be manually configured.

(3) Configuring the ICS host

Before configuring, you need to confirm that the ICS host (that is, the desktop) has an active Internet connection, that is, check whether the ICS host can Normal internet access. Then, you can click “Control Panel” → “Network Connection” → “Network Task” to select the “Set up Home or Small Office Network” task. At this time, the “Network Installation Wizard” prompt window will appear, telling you some network installation wizards. Note that the window will appear after clicking the “Next” button twice. This step is more important. Please be careful.

Now we should choose the first item "This computer is directly connected to the Internet. Other computers on my network connect to the Internet through this computer", and then continue to click "Next", the window shown appears Choose a correct Internet connection (because there are two network cards in the ICS host, there are also two Internet connections, one connected to the broadband network and the other connected to the laptop). If you really don't know, you can first Take a look at the "Control Panel /Network Connections". The following steps can be left unchecked, press "Next" all the way, here you need to select "Create a network installation disk", insert a blank floppy disk according to the prompts, according to the wizard prompts to create a network installation disk.

At this point, the ICS host has been fully configured.

(4) Configure the ICS client

Now, we can insert the network installation disk just created on the desktop into the floppy drive of the laptop, then double-click "My Computer" to find "The "netsetup.exe" file on the 3.5-inch floppy disk (A" is double-clicked. The first thing you see is a welcome window that tells you "Before you continue, Windows must install some network support files and possibly restart the computer. If you are running Windows XP The wizard will start immediately. Do you want to continue?", of course, click "Yes". After clicking the "Next" button twice, select "Yes" to use the existing shared connection for this computer. Internet access (recommended), the choice here is exactly the opposite of the previous ICS host, do you remember?

After clicking the "Next" button, the wizard gives two choices "Determining the right one for me." "Connect" and "Let me choose the connection with my network." From the author's personal experience, it is recommended that friends choose the latter, so that the degree of freedom is greater, click "Next" according to the actual situation Select the connection to connect this computer to other network computers, and then just click "Next" a few times according to the default settings to end the work of the Network Installation Wizard.

Ok, now hurry to the laptop Try it on, can you open IE browsing page and run QQ? As long as your original "Network Neighborhood" can see each other, ICS should be no problem.

Note: In order to To ensure the smooth implementation of ICS, two computers are required to use the same version of the operating system, which can reduce a lot of trouble.

How about, after such a simple setup, surfing on the broadband fast lane is more comfortable?