Chapter: Administration
Adding or changing computers
Setting up a client (work station) in Windows
Autoexec.bat and config.sys
User Account On Server
Regional Settings Properties in Control panel
Miscellaneous tasks
Network configuration
General
Network configuration involves a hardware level and a software level. If you are lucky, the hardware is taken care of before the computer leaves the factory, and it is a plug and play network card that doesn't have settings you need to worry about. If you are unlucky, you are reconfiguring an old network card and you must input the settings manually. Most of the old network cards should be D-Link cards (which Windows supports as "NE2000 Compatible" under "Novell/Anthem" in the list of manufacturers), and the settings should be 10 for the IRQ and 0x300 for the I/O. If this is not the case, good luck in finding a D-Link driver disk, booting to DOS, and running its setup program to view or set the I/O and IRQ.
On the software level, there are Protocols, Clients and Adapters specified in "Settings/Control Panel/Networks" from the Start Menu in Windows. We are nowadays only using the TCP/IP protocol for our network communications.
1. Make sure that:
(a) TCP/IP is an installed protocol in "Control Panel/Networks" and that no other protocols are installed.
(b) "Client for Microsoft Networks" and "File and Printer Sharing for Microsoft Networks" are the only installed clients
(c) Your network card is the only installed adapter.
2. In the properties of the "Client for Microsoft Networks" ensure the domain is MR and that "Log on to Domain" is ticked.
3. Change the username in "Network, Identification" to the workstation name that you are setting up. When logging in for the first time, enter this new username (and password, which is the same as the username) even if the previous user's name comes up by default.
4. In the properties of TCP/IP, it was formerly the case that you would have to enter various nefarious numbers which are listed in the f:\admin\com.dir file. Now, unless you wish to do so, this is optional, because Jeremy has set up a DHCP server on our Linux gateway machine which will fill in these numbers for you. Otherwise, follow these steps:
(i) Make sure the dot next to Specify an IP Address has been clicked.
(ii) The number in the two spaces below should read, IP Address 192.168.1.(workstation number) and Subnet Mask 255.255.255.0.
(iii) Continue by clicking on "Gateway". Here there may already be a number in "Installed Gateways". If not click on "New Gateway" and type in 192.168.1.40 and click
"Add".
(iv) Click on DNS. Make sure that "Enable DNS" is also clicked before proceeding. In the host box type in the workstation name (eg. ws1, ws4) and also ensure that in "Domain" you have "proctors.com.au".
(v) Under "DNS Server Search Order" make sure the number there is 192.186.1.40; if that number is not there put it in the box next to "Add" and click Add, it should then Appear beneath it. Then add the number 203.25.143.1 (the ip address for the firewall).
5. Now that we are using TCP/IP rather than NetBIOS for our Notes traffic, Notes needs a way of resolving the hostname "MRPerth" to an IP address. This can be done by adding “Server Connection document for MRPerth in the local address book, or alternatively copy the file "c:\windows\hosts.sam" to "c:\windows\hosts" and add a line at the bottom as follows: "192.168.1.30 mrperth".
Map network drives
6. The next task in network configuration is to add the network drives N:, P:, F:, by clicking "Map Network Drive" in Windows Explorer and connecting
¨ N: to \\galt\network$
¨ P: to \\galt\programs$
¨ F: to \\galt\office$
¨ Q: to "\\galt\masters$ (no longer in general use)
7. Solicitors should also have J: connected to "\\whitestar\cd_rom_j" and K: connected to "\\whitestar\cd_rom_k". You should be sure that you select the option to reconnect these drives at the next logon.
Network printers
8. Similarly you must connect to the network printers from Control Panel/Printers and "Add New Printer". They are \\whitestar\kyocera and \\amh\kyocera. The printer drivers are installed on the print servers and should be installed automatically. If anyone has problems printing to the Kyocera 3700, check they have the most up to date driver. The most up to date drivers can be installed by running p:\win95\kyocera3700\9xekpdlr (for Windows 95/98 machines) or p:\win95\kyocera3700\n4ekpdlr. There are also drivers for the 1500 there, but this printer shouldn't have as many problems.
Share local drive
Latam
See separate entry
Word 8
Word 8
Run setup from the "Legal Word" menu, and change the appropriate fields.
Notes
Sub topic: Practice directions