Tài liệu Networking with Microsoft Windows Vista- P4 ppt

FIGURE 5.11

The Status dialog box for a wireless network connection.

➔ For information about the Wireless Properties button in the Status dialog box for a wireless

connection, see “Working with Wireless Connection Properties,”p. 163.

3. Click Details. Vista displays the Network Connection Details dialog

box, shown in Figure 5.12. This dialog box tells you, among other

things, your NIC’s MAC address (the Physical Address value), your

computer’s IP address, and the addresses of your ISP’s DNS servers.

4. Click Close to return to the Status dialog box.

5. Click Close.

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FIGURE 5.12

The Network Connection Details dialog box displays your computer’s IP address, among other

values.

Customizing Your Network

When you first open the Network Center, in

most cases, you won’t have a profile set up

for the network, so Vista configures the

network with three default settings:

■ A default name, usually either

Network or the SSID of the wireless

network.

■ The network type, which depends

on the network location you chose

when you first connected to the net￾work.

■ A default network icon, which

depends on the network location

you chose when you first connected

to the network. (In the miniature

network map shown in Figure 5.4,

the default Home icon is the one

shown above logophilia.)

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Windows Vista sup￾ports three types of

network categories: private, pub￾lic, and domain. Private networks

are usually home or small office

networks where you need to

work with a few nearby comput￾ers. To that end, Windows Vista

turns on network discovery and

file and printer sharing. Public

networks are usually wireless hot

spot connections in airports, cof￾fee shops, hotels, and other pub￾lic places. When you designate a

network as public, Vista turns off

network discovery and file and

printer sharing. The domain cate￾gory applies to networks that are

part of a corporate domain.

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To change any of these defaults, follow these steps:

1. Open the Network and Sharing Center, as described earlier (see

“Accessing the Network and Sharing Center”).

2. Click Customize to display the Customize Network Settings dialog box

shown in Figure 5.13.

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FIGURE 5.13

In the Network and Sharing Center, click Customize to display this dialog box so that you can

change the network name, type, and icon.

3. Type a name in the Network Name

text box.

4. Select either Public or Private. (You

see the Domain option only if you

are connected to a network with a

domain.)

5. To change the icon, click Change to

open the Change Network Icon dia￾log box, select an icon, and then

click OK.

6. Click Next. Vista displays the User

Account Control dialog box.

The Change Network

Icon dialog box initially

shows you a small collection of

icons from the %SystemRoot%\

system32\pnidui.dll file. To

get a larger choice of icons, type

any of the following pathnames

into the Look for Icons in This File

text box (and press Enter after

you enter the pathname):

%SystemRoot%\system32\

shell32.dll

%SystemRoot%\system32\

pifmgr.dll

%SystemRoot%\explorer.exe

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7. Enter your UAC credentials. Vista applies the new network settings.

8. Click Close. Vista updates the Network and Sharing Center window

with the new settings.

From Here

■ To find out more information about the Network Connections window,

see “Opening the Network Connections Window,” p. 140.

■ For information on the Wireless Properties button in the Status dialog

box for a wireless connection, see “Working with Wireless Connection

Properties,” p. 163.

■ To learn more about the Manage Wireless Networks window, see

“Opening the Manage Wireless Networks Window,” p. 158.

■ To learn how to enable sharing, see “Activating File and Printer

Sharing,” p. 185.

■ If you can’t connect to your wireless network successfully, see

“Troubleshooting Wireless Network Problems,” p. 426.

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