Windows 8 Shared Network Settings Guide

Network and Sharing Center is the most important graphical user interface for Windows configuration and application of Windows operating system. Windows 8 Network and Sharing Center and Win7 Network and Sharing Center have changed greatly, deleted. Many users do not use the content, making user operations easier and faster.

First, open the Windows8 network and sharing center

Open in the system tray

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

It should be noted that the network icons in the figure are icons 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.

lOpen Network and Sharing Center in Control Panel

Step 1: Open 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 and Internet.

Step 3: Click on “Network and Sharing Center”.

Second, the network and sharing center introduction

The windows8 network and sharing center interface compared to the windows7 network and sharing center, Windows 8 network and sharing center in the " "Connect to Network" and "Set Shared File" have been reduced in "Change Network Settings". "Connect to the network" is merged into "Set up a new connection or network", "Set up shared files" is concentrated in the sharing of folder properties, and the appearance looks more concise.

The left sidebar of the Network and Sharing Center is:

lControl Panel Home: You can return directly to the Control Panel homepage

lChange Adapter Settings: Yes Configure all devices installed on your computer that can be connected to the Internet, LAN, etc.;

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

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

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

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

The right side of the Network and Sharing Center is:

l View Active Network: List all the networks that are currently connected to the Internet and LAN, and view and view the properties of the network. And whether the network can join the home group network.

l Change network settings: You can add, delete, set network connections, set routers, access points, and troubleshoot when encountering network problems.

Third, the network hardware properties settings

In the network and sharing center, click "change adapter settings" in the left sidebar, open the network connection window, all computers can be connected to the Internet Devices such as LANs and other networks appear in the list.

Right-click on a network device and click Properties to open the properties of the device. There are two labels "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 "Networks" tab, "This connection uses the following items", double-click "Internet Protocol Version 4 (TCP/IPv4)", or select this option and click "Properties".

Step 2: Windows 8 selects "Automatically obtain IP address" and "Automatically obtain DNS server address" by default. We only need to change "Use the following IP address" and "Use the following DNS server address". Then enter the contents to be modified in the following "IP Address", "Subnet Mask", "Default Network Management", "Preferred DNS Server", "Alternate DNS Server", 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.

l Modify IP and DNS Advanced

Click the "Advanced" button to enter "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 when connecting", click "Configure" The button will open the drive properties of the network device. Then click on "Advanced Tab", select "Network Address" in the attribute list, then select "Value" on the right side, fill in the box with a Mac address without "-", such as "010B0C75ECCD", and 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) Need outdated network protocol IPX/SPX), we need to manually install. Step 1: Click the “Install” button in the “Network” tab to open the “Select Network Function Type”, select “Protocol” and click the “Add” button.

Step 2: If there is a network protocol in the list that you want to install, select it and click OK. If not, click "Install from Disk" and select the folder location of the network protocol, then the installed network protocol will be displayed in the list, then click "OK".

If you do not need some network protocols, select the network protocol to be uninstalled in the "This connection uses the following items" tab of the "Network" tab, click "Uninstall" can.