Windows 10: Setting Up A Computer Network For Your Business

Setting up a computer network is a necessity for every business in this digital age, it’s that essential tool for managing business operations like communication, data transfer, storage, and security.
Creating a network is not as easy as it sounds, it requires lots of planning, calculations, and several parts to function properly. Deciding which hardware a network require can be a little frustrating as each part plays a vital role. Today we will be breaking down computer networks, its hardware and their various uses.

Types of Network
There are two types of network connection setup;

• Wired
• Wireless

Understanding the network setups will give you a better view of which is needed in your business environment.

Wired Network: This network setup consists of physical cables which are used to transfer data between different devices like a computer and a printer or a computer and a switch. This is the most common network setup in homes and offices, and this is because its faster, more reliable and easier to secure.

Wireless Networks: This network setup makes use of electromagnetic waves emitted from a wireless device to transfer data between different devices. The wireless network setup allows users to roam freely within its coverage area, which gives a sense of convenience to the user.

Both network setups can be combined, as they do not conflict with each other, the only difference comes in the cost of setup.

Computer Network Hardware
These devices are configured and connected together to create a network. It’s impossible to list out all the equipment you might need, but here’s a list of the standard equipment that makes up most networks.

Servers: The Server provides services such as assigning IP addresses, storage, authentication, send and receive mail, manage websites and print jobs. These services are accessible to everyone connected on the network.

Router: The router is usually supplied by your internet service provider, it connects your office to the internet (Extranet). In the case that you are not making use of an ISP, the router can also be used to create an internal network (Intranet) for communications and data transfer.

Switch: The switch provides connectivity to devices in a wired network connection setup with the use of ethernet cables.

Ethernet Cable: is the networking hardware used to connect devices on a network

Access Point: The access point is the hardware used to generate electronic magnetic waves which are used for connections in Network devices. Sometimes they are inbuilt with the router and sometimes they are standalone. The stand-alone Access points are more powerful and manageable than inbuilt AP.

Firewall: This networking device protects your organization’s network from spam, viruses, and intruders, thereby keeping all your data safe from the outside world.

Patch Panel: This networking hardware is used to arrange ethernet cables easily and neater when connecting a large number of computers in a wired network setup.

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One computer cannot access other network computers.


So I've tried every troubleshooting step I know:

• Double checked that Net Bios was enabled
• Ran a bunch of network commands:
  • flushed DNS
  • registered dns
  • pinged and located the named computers successfully
• Reset my router to factory settings

Nothing works when I try to access via explorer. I'm still baffled by the fact that every other computer can access each other AND access this computer. It's just the outgoing connection from this machine that doesn't work.

Any thoughts?

 

Help needed with simple wired network

Step one- Connect all PC's to router, and then the router to the modem. PC's go to router by the ports labeled "1-4" on the back of the router. WAN port goes to router. Power up all network equipment, and then systems.
Step two- Power on the computer connected to port one. Go into router settings at 192.168.0.1 and configure internet, dyndns, firewall, etc.
Step three- Go to "network set up wizard" in windows. (Network places- network set up wizard). The rest is self explanatory.
Step four- right click on each drive and printer you want to share, and then configure sharing preferences. Should be easy enough.
Step five- right click my computer, and the select "map network drive". Using the network address for each piece of hardware you shared, assign network drive letters.

Congratulations, you have a fully operational network. Happy Gaming! *Toast :toast:

 

Unable to browse network computers.

We suggest creating a new administrator user account by following the steps
here. Make sure to use the same network settings that you used for your other computers, then check if you can connect to the home network. Since you also mentioned that Windows 10 was freshly installed on this particular computer, have you already downloaded
the latest updates? The latest build for Version 1607 is 14393.1715, and 15063.608 for Version 1703. You can check the build version of your computer by following these steps:

• Click Start.
• Type winver and press Enter.

If you don't have the latest updates, you can follow these steps to install them:

• Click Start.
• Go to Settings.
• Click Update & security.
• Click Check for updates.

If that doesn't work, we'd like screenshots of the network and file sharing settings of the computer that doesn't work, and the settings of one of your other computers that can connect and share files properly on the home network.