Wired Networks
We’ve gotten to the point where we have to set up a network.
There are 2 major types of networks, namely: a Wired network and a Wireless network.
What is a wired network?
A physical connection between two computers sharing data and resources.
Network cables must go from computer to computer or to a central device. Such as a Switch, router ect. It can be time-consuming and difficult to lay cables through the roof or walls. More so when computers are in different rooms or buildings.
No internet?
Have you ever gotten to your desk on a Monday morning knowing you have many emails you need to look at? When you hit send and receive, you get error messages? You try and connect to the internet and get another error?
Here is how you can narrow it down before you call your computer guy. (Windows)
Check your IP settings.
Click on start, then run. When the run box opens, type in: cmd - and hit enter.
When a little black windows opens, type in: ipconfig - Hit enter
That will then bring up all the settings you need for your network.
Check to see if you have the right network settings.
The results should look similar to these above. If not, then we probably found the problem.
First thing to check:
Are all the cables plugged in properly? No loose connections? Are you connected to the wireless? If there are no loose connections, make sure that your router/switch is plugged in and on. If all of those are correct, go back to your computer.
On the bottom right of your screen, on your task bar, you will see an icon of 2 computers, or a single computer that has 3 lines coming out of it. There will either be an exclamation mark on it or a red cross. Right click on that and then click on repair. It will do its thing and tell you that it should be working.
If it tells you that it cannot renew the IP address, double check your connections and make double sure the routers/switches are on.
If it does the repair successfully, go back to checking your IP settings. If it then gives you something close to mine, either 10.0.0.5, 192.168.1.6, then you should be connected.
you should have 3 sets of addresses.
IPv4 settings 192.168.1.10
Subnet mask: 255.255.255.0
Default gateway: 192.168.1.1
If those are right, do the following:
In Command prompt, type in: ping gitui.com
That then sends a small packet to my blog, and my blog then replies, that means you are successfully connected to the internet.
Still no internet? We’ll look deeper into it tomorrow.
Not sure what your network settings should be? read this
