Configuring Local Area Network (LAN) Windows XP

Configuring Local Area Network (LAN) Windows XP

Here I will explain how to configure the LAN on Windows XP operating system. Saya asumsikan seluruh kebutuhan perangkat keras (hardware), I assume all the hardware requirements (hardware), such as ethernet, hubs, UTP cable with RJ 45 connector has been fulfilled. In addition, this configuration is used on the LAN that is not connected the internet. This configuration usually I use for sharing files or play multiplayer games like Counter Strike and dotA.

1. First open first: Control Panel -> Network Connections. Then on the left side of the screen, choose Create a New Connection. Then the image will appear as below. Click next.
2. Because the LAN network that was built on a small scale, select Set up a home or small office network as shown below. Then click Next.
3. click finish
4. Then the image will appear as below. Click next.
5. If the hardware has been fulfilled and ethernet to work, just click next.
6. Because not connected to the Internet, then select Other. Click next.
7. Since the LAN is not connected to the internet, then select This computer belongs to a network that does not have an internet connection. Click next.
8. Next is to fill the computer description and name of the computer. You are free to fill with anything. When finished filling, click next.
9. Next is to fill the workgroup LAN. You are free to fill out anything, but the name of the workgroup is highly recommended as the computer with another one that connects your LAN.
10. Next is on file and printer sharing. If you want a printer you can use together through a LAN, select the Turn On File and Printer Sharing. If not, select the opposite. When finished, select next.
11. The next step will display the summary windows LAN configuration. If something is wrong, click back. If not click next.

12. In the picture below, the Windows configuration storage.
13. The next step is to select "Just finish the wizard ..." like the picture below.
14. Yupzz ... configuration has been completed, click Finish.
15. The next step is to configure IP Address windows XP. Please click: on here.

Configuring the IP Address & Subnet Mask in Windows XP

Configuring the IP address and subnet mask is used for LAN networks that are not connected to the Internet.

1. If the LAN configuration on Windows XP you are successful, then on Control Panel -> Network Connections will appear like the picture below.
2. Right-click the image above, then select disable. Then again right click the image above and select Properties, then the image will appear as below. Double-click Internet Protocol as shown.
3. The next step is the content IP address and subnet mask. To learn about IP addresses and subnetting, please click: on here. For example, computers connected to the computer network I belong to as many as 8 pieces. Range IP address 10.1.1.1 - 10.1.1.8 and subnet mask using 255.0.0.0. Why choose an IP address and subnet mask like that? The reason is simple, the LAN network is not connected to the internet and so easy to remember.
4. Click OK. Then click 2x image no.1 above, the LAN will be enabled.

5. The next step is to check whether your computer has been connected to another computer. How? Namely by using the ping command Open a command prompt: RUN -> type cmd and press enter. Suppose you want to check whether the computer with IP address 10.1.1.3 connected to your computer with IP address 10.1.1.2. You have to do is type ping 10.1.1.3 at the command prompt. If not successful it will appear Request Timed Out message. If successful it will appear as a message reply below and CONGRATULATIONS! Computer networks have been successfully built.

Konfigurasi Local Area Network (LAN) Windows XP

Konfigurasi Local Area Network (LAN) Windows XP

Berikut ini saya akan menjelaskan bagaimana mengkonfigurasi LAN pada sistem operasi windows XP. Saya asumsikan seluruh kebutuhan perangkat keras (hardware), seperti ethernet, hub, kabel UTP beserta connector RJ 45 telah terpenuhi. Selain itu, Konfigurasi ini digunakan pada LAN yang tidak terhubung internet. Konfigurasi ini biasanya saya pakai untuk file sharing atau bermain game multiplayer seperti dotA dan Counter Strike.

1. Pertama-tama buka terlebih dahulu: Control Panel -> Network Connections. Kemudian pada sebelah kiri layar, pilih Create a New Connection. Maka akan muncul gambar seperti di bawah ini. Klik next.

2. Karena jaringan LAN yang dibangun dalam skala kecil, pilih Set up a home or small office network seperti pada gambar di bawah ini. Kemudian klik next.

3. klik finish

4. Kemudian akan muncul gambar seperti di bawah ini. Klik next.

9. Berikutnya adalah mengisi workgroup LAN. Anda bebas mengisi apa saja, namun nama dari workgroup ini sangat dianjurkan sama antara komputer satu dengan yang lainnya yang terhubung LAN anda.

10. Berkutnya adalah tentang file dan printer sharing. Jika anda ingin sebuah printer anda dapat digunakan bersama melalui jaringan LAN, pilih Turn On File and Printer Sharing. Jika tidak, pilih sebaliknya. Setelah selesai, pilih next.

      

11. Langkah selanjutnya windows akan menampilkan summary konfigurasi LAN. Jika ada yang salah, klik back. Jika tidak klik next

12. Pada gambar di bawah ini, Windows melakukan penyimpanan konfigurasi.



13. Langkah selanjutnya adalah pilih "Just finish the wizard..." seperti gambar di bawah ini.


14. Yupzz...Konfigurasi telah selesai, silahkan klik finish.