Windows 98 Workstation Configuration

Introduction

Installation of networking software is a prerequisite to accessing the web and email, as well as sharing printers and files with other users. Use these instructions to install the correct network components on a Windows 98workstation, connected directly to your computer network. Before you begin ensure that you have:

1. An Ethernet card installed in your computer.
   
   
2. A Patch Lead connecting your Ethernet adapter to the Ethernet port in your office.
   
   
3. An IP address, gateway address, subnet mask, workgroup name and domain name provided by the system administrator
   
   
4. Internet software such as Microsoft Internet Explorer for web browsing and Outlook for email.

Installation Instructions

Note: You will need have to have administrative privileges to set up Networking!

Open the Windows 98 control panel by clicking the button. Select settings, then select control panel. Double-click the icon in the resulting Control Panel window as shown.

1. Configuration

   Select the tab to get the window below.
   

   Installing the network components
   
   • If the is not listed, then install it.
   • If the icon for your Network Adapter Card is not listed, then install the adapter for your computer.
   • If the is not listed, then install it.
   • If the is not listed, then install it.
   Configuring the installed components
   
   • Select the component and click on the button.
   • Select the component and click on the button.
   • Select the component and click on the button.
   • Select the component and click on the button.

   Select "Client for Microsoft Networks" as the "Primary Network Logon".

   Click on the button to enable/disable the sharing of your files and printers with others.

2. Identification

   Select the tab to get the window below.
   

   

   • Select a name for your computer. This is the name that will be used on the network to identify your computer.
   • Select a workgroup for your computer. This name identifies the "Network Neighborhood" that your computer will be associated with. This is merely a convenience. By using the same workgroup name within your office, it will be slightly easier to find coworkers computers and printers.
   • Select a comment for your computer. This name shows up along side of your "Computer name" when others see your computer on the network.

3. Access Control

   Select the tab to get the window below.
   

   This is really personal preference. By choosing "Share level access control", your computer will behave like a Windows for Workgroups 3.11 computer and you will not have to set up "accounts" on your computer to allow others to use it.

Click on the button. The following dialog box will be displayed:

Click the button and your computer will restart. Installation of the networking software is now complete.

Note: You will have to talk to the administrator of the Igaware Server Appliance to add the new computer onto the system in order to access the Internet and the File Server.