Windows NT Workstation Configuration

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 NT workstation, 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

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

If Windows NT Networking is not installed you will receive a window as shown. If Networking has been installed you can skip to Identification.

If networking has not been installed, click Yes and you can begin the installation of Windows NT Networking

Identification
Select the tab to get the window below.

Click the button 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.
• If you want to share files with other computers in a workgroup on the network, click the Workgroup radio button and enter in the workgroup name in the box beside it. This name identifies the "Network Neighbourhood" 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 co-workers computers and printers.
• If you are using roaming user proflies click the Domain radio button and enter in the domain name in the box provided.

Protocols
Select the tab to get the windows below.

Installing the network components

• If the is not listed, then install it.

Configuring the installed components

• Select the component and click on the button.

Adapters
Select the tab to get a window similar to the one below.

Installing
Click the button to install a network adapter.

Configuring
Select the component and click the button.

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