Description of the Home Networking Wizard in Windows (262227)

SUMMARY

The Home Networking Wizard provides the software configuration you need to set up a computer that is running Windows Me for use on a small home network. This includes setting up Internet Connection Sharing (ICS) on a computer running Windows Me so the computer can share a connection to the Internet with other computers on the home network.

In addition to providing configuration assistance on the computer running Windows Me, the Home Networking Wizard is also portable. You can create a Home Networking Setup disk in the wizard. This disk provides the same automatic configuration for computers running Microsoft Windows 95 and Microsoft Windows 98 on the home network.

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The Home Networking Wizard provides the following configuration.

Configuration	Additional Information
Internet Connection Settings	The default Dial-Up Networking (DUN) connection has the Dial Whenever a Network Connection is not Present option enabled.
Computer Name	The default is the current computer name.
Workgroup Name	Set to MSHOME unless you specify another name during the wizard.
Install Client for Microsoft Networks	Installed with default settings.
Install TCP/IP	Configured to receive an automatic configuration through Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) or AutoIP.
Install File and Printer Sharing	Installed if folders or printers are shared. Access control is set to share level.
Share Document Folders	You have the option to share the My Documents folder and the Shared Documents folder, which are located in the Windows\All Users\Documents folder.
Share Local Printers	All local printers are shared unless you specify otherwise.
Configure ICS (Windows Me only)	If more than one network interface is present on the computer, you can install ICS.
Enable Autodial for ICS (Windows Me only)	If the computer gains access to the Internet using DUN and ICS is enabled, you can configure the connection to connect automatically.
Create Home Networking Setup Disk (Windows Me only)	Creates a Home Networking Setup disk that you can use to configure computers running Windows 95 and Windows 98.