Setting up the Internet in Windows XP is not particularly difficult. This applies to both wired and wireless connections. In the first case, the parameters are set in the section "Network connections", which is located in the Control Panel. In the second, everything is done with loading drivers if they are not initially in the system.
Connection setup
If the setup is for a wired connection, then you need to know certain network parameters. But this does not apply to the case when the computer is connected to a Wi-Fi router via a cable. Relatively wireless network things are different.
If the laptop has pre-installed Wi-Fi, then just download necessary drivers and connect to your home network. The procedure for a discrete adapter is similar. It's even easier for owners of 3G/4G modems: just download the necessary software, enter the SIM card PIN if required, and activate the connection.
Method 1: Direct Wired Connection
Open menu "Start" and click on "Control Panel". There, switch to the classic display view, if such an option is available. Expand the element "Network connections".
Several devices can be displayed in the window. Find the one whose status is signed "Connected", and double-click on it. There select the item with the name "Internet Protocol"TCP/IP" and open its properties. 
Check the checkboxes for manual input mode, and then specify your network settings. Button "OK" will be confirmation of your actions.
Note: the Internet may not work even with the correct parameters. This is because your connection is configured to network device with anotherMAC address. In this case, you need to call the provider and describe the problem, technical support everything will be fixed within a few minutes.
Method 2: Wired connection via Wi-Fi router
Now let’s figure out how to connect the Internet with a cable via a router on Windows XP. In this case it is not required detailed setup, since the device parameters are already set as required. All that remains is to connect it to your computer or laptop using an Ethernet cable.
Important: initially two cables are suitable for the router: one for power, the second for the Internet. There is no need to touch them. Connect the third one into one of the free numbered sockets, then insert it into network adapter on the computer.
When physical connection completed, all that remains is to configure the computer for correct operation. Most likely, even this will not be required; the Internet will start working immediately. If this does not happen, then follow these steps:
Close the settings window and go to any program that works with the Internet, for example, a browser. There you can check the connection status. If the instructions did not give any results, then there is a problem with the router settings.
Method 3: Wireless Network
Setting up Wi-Fi in Windows 7, as well as external modem different from a wired connection. First you need to find and install drivers for the device. They are usually included in the package and are also available for download from the official website. The shortcut to enable 3G/4G is located on the desktop. Open it and then press the connect button.
The connected Wi-Fi will be displayed in the tray. Click on its icon, select home network and enter the access code for it.
These instructions will be useful for those who configure a modem or router in Bridge mode or connect a cable from the Internet directly to a computer using only a network card. The configuration for all cases is made in high-speed connection mode (PPPoE) on Windows XP.
Creating a connection
On the desktop or in the Start menu, open My Computer, then select Control Panel. In the window that opens, go to the “Network Connections” folder, as shown in the picture.
Click the “File” menu item (in the upper left corner of the window), select “New connection” or right-click on the empty area of the window next to the icon (if you do not have a menu, press the “Alt” key on your keyboard).
The “New Connection Wizard” window will open, click “Next”.
Check the “Connect to the Internet” option and click the “Next” button.
Check the box “Set up a connection manually” and click the “Next” button.
Check the box "Via a broadband connection that requires a username and password" and click the "Next" button.
In the “Service Provider Name” field, enter the name of the Internet connection; it can be anything, for example, “Rostelecom” (This is the future name of the shortcut for the connection, which can later be placed on the desktop).
In the next window, you need to fill in the most important fields. Be careful when filling out, follow the case (large and small characters are different, write this data exactly as the provider provided it to you).
- “Username” - login for Internet access.
- “Password” - login password.
- “Confirmation” - Password confirmation.
All specified details are given to you by the provider when concluding an agreement; as a rule, these details are indicated in your agreement or on a special access card.
You can leave the remaining checkboxes as default, as indicated above. Click "Next".
Check the box for “Add a connection shortcut to the desktop” and click the “Finish” button.
Internet connection
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Setting up an Internet connection under Windows XP (2000)
Detailed connection settings.
Attention! The setup is done with administrative rights. All screenshots are presented for Windows XP with the classic view of menus and panels. Setting up others Windows versions similar, except for the names of some shortcuts, which is reflected in the comments.
This completes the setup of connecting your computer to local network free d om is completed! You can continue setting up your Internet connection; if the local network connection is disabled, you must enable it by clicking on it right click mouse and click Turn on. Otherwise you won't be able to access the Internet.
Note. With a configured local network connection, you can access local Freedom network resources and the statistics server.
Next stage - creation VPN connections. Setting up a VPN connection in Windows XP must be done from under account a user with administrator rights. If you are logged on to Windows as a user who does not have administrative rights, log off that user and log on to Windows as an administrator (or as a user who has administrative rights).
1. Create a VPN connectionFirst save to desktop and run it. You must agree to the proposal to make changes to the registry by clicking the “Yes” and “OK” buttons:
If difficulties arise, the necessary changes to the registry can be made via the command line ( Start, Execute, dial cmd, press OK). IN command line you need to type (or first copy to the clipboard:)
REG ADD HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\Rasman\Parameters /v ProhibitIpSec /t reg_dword /d 00000001
If you receive a message that the operation was completed successfully, continue with the setup.
Be sure to restart your computer!
Then run the New Connection Wizard. To do this, click the "Start" button on the taskbar, in the menu that opens, select "All Programs" (or simply "Programs" if you have reconfigured the standard view start menu), then “Standard”, “Communication”, “New Connection Wizard” (Fig. 1).
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The first dialog box in the New Connection Wizard tells you what you can do with it. To start creating a connection, click the "Next" button (Fig. 2).
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In the next window of the New Connection Wizard, you need to select the type of network connection. In our case, you need to select the “Connect to the network at your workplace” item (Fig. 4). To continue setting up, click the "Next" button.
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In the next window you need to select a connection method. As a connection method, you need to specify the item “Connect to a virtual private network” (Fig. 5). To continue setting up, click the "Next" button.
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In the next window you need to enter a name for the connection you are creating. The name can be anything, for example "IC" (Fig. 6). To continue setting up, click the "Next" button.
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A window asking you to select whether you need to establish another preliminary connection before establishing this connection will appear if you have already created a network connection for a modem connection. If such a window appears, then you need to select “Do not dial the number for preliminary connection” and click the “Next” button.
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In the next New Connection Wizard window, you must enter the name or IP address of the VPN server.
Please enter as name L2TP.freedom(Fig. 7). To continue setting up, click the "Next" button.
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In the last window of the New Connection Wizard, you can specify that you want to create a shortcut on the desktop to create of this connection. To create a shortcut, the corresponding checkbox must be enabled (Fig. 8). To complete the creation of the connection, click the "Finish" button.
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Open the properties of the VPN connection. To do this, click the "Start" button on the taskbar and select "Connection" from the menu that opens. In the menu with a list of connections, right-click on the created connection and in the opened context menu select "Properties" (Fig. 9).
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A dialog box with several tabs will open. First select a tab<Сеть>(Fig.9a), set VPN Type: L2TPIPSecVPN
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Below, among the components used by this connection, highlight the line<Протокол интернета(TCP/IP)>and press the button<Свойства>. Write down the DNS server addresses in accordance with the figure (Fig. 9b):
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Then select the tab<Безопасность>, install<Обычные параметры>And<Безопасный пароль>, according to the picture, uncheck all the boxes:
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3. Connection
In order to establish a VPN connection, click on the VPN connection shortcut (it is assumed that when creating the connection, you enabled the checkbox to create a shortcut on the desktop). A window will open for you to enter your username and password. In the appropriate input fields, enter the username and password for connecting via the network (the same as for authorization). For convenience, you can choose<сохранить имя пользователя и пароль>. Click the "Connect" button (Fig. 11). Once the connection is established, a connection icon will appear in the system tray (icon area).
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If you want to disconnect the VPN connection, you need to right-click on the connection icon and select “Disconnect” in the context menu that opens (Fig. 12).
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To view pages when connecting using a created VPN connection, you need to open Internet Explorer, go to Service, Internet Options, Connections, make sure that the VPN connection is selected as the default and check the box next to .
To access the statistics server while disconnected due to debt, for example, to activate internet maps, you need to set a point near Never use. After activation it is marked again Always use default connection. In addition, it allows access to the statistics server under certain conditions. Internet settings Explorer(IE). When using IE6 with default settings, the statistics server opens without problems. If IE7 is installed and the statistics server does not open, you need to go to IE Tools, Internet Options, Advanced, press the button Reset. After resetting the settings, you need to restart Internet Explorer.
Note. Sometimes when creating a VPN connection, when choosing a connection method, connections are not active. In this case, you need to check and start the following services:
("Start" - "Control Panel" - "Administration" - "Services"):
"Telephony";
"Remote Procedure Call (RPC)";
"Remote Access Connection Manager".
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After concluding an agreement with an Internet provider and installing cables, we often have to figure out on our own how to connect to the network from Windows. To an inexperienced user this seems somewhat complicated. In fact, no special knowledge is required. Below we will talk in detail about how to connect a computer to the Internet. Windows control XP.
If you find yourself in the situation described above, then most likely the connection parameters are not configured in the operating system. Many providers provide their own DNS servers, IP addresses and VPN tunnels, the details of which (address, username and password) must be specified in the settings. In addition, connections are not always created automatically; sometimes they have to be created manually.
Step 1: New Connection Wizard
- Opening "Control Panel" and switch the view to classic.
- Next we go to the section "Network connections".
- Click on the menu item "File" and choose "New connection".
- In the New Connection Wizard start window, click "Further".
- Here we leave the item selected "Connect to the Internet".
- Then select manual connection. It is this method that allows you to enter data provided by the provider, such as username and password.
- Next, we again make a choice in favor of the connection that requests security data.
- Enter the name of the provider. You can write whatever you want here, there will be no mistakes. If you have several connections, then it is better to enter something meaningful.
- Next, we enter the data provided by the service provider.
- Create a shortcut for connecting on the desktop for ease of use and click "Ready".
Step 2: DNS Setup
By default, the OS is configured to automatically obtain IP and DNS addresses. If your Internet provider provides access to the World Wide Web through its servers, then you need to enter their data in the network settings. This information (addresses) can be found in the contract or found out by calling the support service.
Creating a VPN tunnel
VPN is a virtual private network that operates on the network-on-network principle. Data in a VPN is transmitted over an encrypted tunnel. As mentioned above, some providers provide Internet access through their VPN servers. Creating such a connection is a little different from the usual one.
- In the Wizard, instead of connecting to the Internet, select a network connection on the desktop.
- Next, switch to the parameter "Connect to a virtual private network".
- Then enter the name of the new connection.
- Since we connect directly to the provider's server, there is no need to dial the number. Select the option shown in the figure.
- In the next window, enter the data received from the provider. This can be either an IP address or a site name like “site.com”.
- As in the case of connecting to the Internet, check the box to create a shortcut and click "Ready".
- We enter the username and password, which will also be provided by the provider. You can configure the saving of data and disable its request.
- The final setting is to disable mandatory encryption. Let's go to properties.
- On the tab "Safety" uncheck the corresponding box.
Most often, you don’t need to configure anything else, but sometimes you still need to register the DNS server address for a given connection. We have already discussed how to do this earlier.
Conclusion
As you can see, there is nothing supernatural about setting up an Internet connection on Windows XP. The main thing here is to follow the instructions exactly and not make mistakes when entering data received from the provider. Of course, you first need to figure out how the connection occurs. If this is direct access, then you need IP and DNS addresses, and if it is a virtual private network, then the host address ( VPN servers) and, of course, in both cases, username and password.
A personal computer is no longer a luxury but a tool for work, study or just entertainment, so today computers are present in almost every home, and certainly in every modern office.
However, just buying and installing a computer is not enough; you also need to connect it to global network Internet, to have access to a huge amount of information, programs, to be able to communicate and exchange information with other computers. In addition to the Internet, computers can connect to each other using a local network- in this case, being in different rooms and even buildings, you will be able to transfer files of any size and any information to other computers connected to your local network. Using a local network, you can even connect to the so-called gateway computer - a computer that is connected to the Internet and distributes it to other PCs. But what can we say, setting up a local network is worth it even for a comfortable game with friends, of course, if you have at least two computers.
Well let's help you learn how to set up a local network, and connect two computers to each other.
Creating and setting up a local network using a switch (hub) - switch
So, let's consider a way to create a local network, which can consist of two or more computers. To do this, we need additional equipment - a switch or router (used to distribute an Internet channel to all or some PCs). Every modern motherboard is usually equipped with a built-in network card, which we need to connect via local network. The diagram looks like this:
Computer 1 is connected to the switch using a network cable Computer 2 is connected to the switch using a network cable Computer X is connected to the switch using a network cable
The number of computers is determined by the number of outputs on the switch, usually 8 or 16, maybe more. This connection is specific setting operating system, which we will consider further, will allow you to connect all computers into a single local network, and if some computer is disconnected from the network, the remaining computers will continue to exist in it.
So, to connect everyone personal computer we will need a special one for the switch network cable or, as it is also called, twisted pair. Each end of the twisted pair is crimped and equipped with a special RJ-45 jack in the following sequence of wires by color:
Orange-white Orange Green-white Blue Blue-white Green Brown-white Brown
After wiring and connecting all the wires from the computer to the switch, you can proceed to the final stage - setting up the operating system. Depending on the installed OS, dialog boxes and the names of the parameters may differ, but the principle itself remains the same, so it will not be difficult for you to figure out what’s what.
Setting up a local network in Windows XP
First, we need to make sure that all the wires are connected correctly, which will tell us when an active local network connection appears in menu Control Panel - Network Connections.
If there is no connection, check whether the patch cables are crimped correctly, and whether the switch is plugged into the outlet. So, the computer icon lights up, which gives us the opportunity to start setting up.
Select an active network connection and click on it right key mice - Properties.
The window that opens offers us list of Components, used by this connection, in which we must select Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) and press the button Properties.
By default, everything network settings are not available (they are detected automatically, which does not suit us) - turn on the Use the following IP address switch, after which the fields below become available for editing.
First field IP address must indicate to the system the virtual network address computer (this is like your home address in computer world), enter the following values: 192.168.1.* - Where * is any integer from 1 to 255. It is convenient to set these values in order so as not to be confused in the future with the addresses of computers in the office or at home.
The next field required to be filled in Subnet mask- in our case, it is the same for all computers on our local network: 255.255.255.0
We leave the remaining fields empty - they are usually used to create an Internet gateway computer, manage mail records, and so on. Click OK and repeat the same steps on all other computers.
After IP addresses and subnet masks defined on all computers, we need to assign each of them a unique name and a single workgroup. It's quite simple and fast. To do this, we need to find the icon on the desktop My computer and go into it Properties by right-clicking on it and selecting the appropriate item in the context menu that appears. In the window that opens, go to the tab Computer name.
You can view the current name, then click the button Change.
In the computer name input field, enter the unique name you want, for example PK1 or OFFICE4. Below you can see two fields, of which we are only interested in the second work group: we set the same name for all computers connected to the network, for example MYGROUP. We save all changes and reboot each computer. Our local network is configured, we need to check it.
Checking the functionality of the local network
Most in a fast way checks can be called systemic PING command, which sends a network request to a given IP address computer, receives a response and displays a report on the screen. If the sent request is received back - the connection physically exists, then your network is configured and working correctly. If on the screen you see the inscription “ Request timed out"- you made a mistake either in the settings or in connecting computers to the switch.
So, open the menu Start - Run and enter the command
Ping 192.168.1.* -t
Where * - the number of the computer with which you want to check the connection
You can view available computers on the network by doing the following:
Let's go to My computer, go to the folder network and click the button on the right Show workgroup computers.
In addition, to quickly switch to the desired network computer, you can enter address bar any window (top under the toolbar):
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