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After you ve installed the software drivers and hardware devices, and have made your connections, you re ready to configure the workgroup. Windows XP provides the handy Network Setup Wizard to help you set up the workgroup. If you want to use the Network Setup Wizard, and you plan on using Internet Connection Sharing (ICS), you should first run the wizard on the computer that directly connects to the Internet. You can then run the wizard on the other computers on your network. If you are using a mixture of Windows XP computers and computers running earlier versions of Windows, such as Microsoft Windows 2000 or Windows 9x, Windows XP provides a way for you to create a network setup disk for those clients when you run the Network Setup Wizard. See Configuring Computers Running Earlier Windows Versions, page 298, for more information. To use the Network Setup Wizard, follow these steps:

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1 Make sure all network computers are turned on and all NICs and media connections are functioning properly.

2 Open Network Connections. 3 Under Network Tasks in the task pane of the Network Connections window,

click Set Up A Home Or Small Office Network. If you don t see the task pane, click the Folders button on the toolbar to toggle from the Folders bar to the task pane.

4 The Network Setup Wizard opens and presents the Welcome page. Click Next. 5 On the Before You Continue page, read the instructions and make sure that

all network components are connected and working. If you want to use ICS to share your Internet connection but haven t set it up yet, do that at this time. Make sure the computer hosting ICS (the one directly connected to the Internet, and the one you re running the Network Setup Wizard on first) has a working Internet connection. Click Next.

6 On the Select A Connection Method page, select the first option, This Computer Connects Directly To The Internet, if the computer will function as the ICS host. See Figure 10-3. Remember, you should be running the Network Setup Wizard on the ICS host first. If there is already an ICS host computer, select the second option. If neither of these options apply to you, select Other. Click Next.

one of three alternate computer configurations: I This Computer Connects To The Internet Directly Or Through A Network Hub. Other Computers On My Network Also Connect To The Internet Directly Or Through A Hub. I This Computer Connects Directly To The Internet. I Do Not Have A Network Yet. I This Computer Belongs To A Network That Does Not Have An Internet Connection. Select the most appropriate option and click Next.

host, the Select Your Internet Connection page appears, which is shown in Figure 10-4 on the next page. If you selected another option, follow the steps presented by the wizard. Your choices will vary, but the ICS host scenario includes most of the same configuration steps (and more) as the other choices. Select the Internet connection that you want to share and click Next.

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Figure 10-4. If you have more than one way of connecting to the Internet, choose the one you use most often, and if possible, choose the fastest connection.

Your Computer Has Multiple Connections page appears. The wizard will ask you for the appropriate network connection. Select either Determine The Appropriate Connections For Me to allow Windows XP to automatically bridge the connections or select Let Me Choose The Connections To My Network if you want to bridge those connections. In this procedure, select the second option so you can see the bridging steps that Windows XP will attempt to perform for you automatically, and click Next.