Home network set up

In terms of setting up a home network, use one  HP Pavilion ZE2000 ,Windows 7 operating system more simple, mainly thanks to the system's "network discovery" function, we simply can be buttoned a few steps.
1. Hardware Connection
In this case, we the simplest way to set up home networks. If both desktop and notebook computers network card, then just the purchase of a card and a network cable.
Production of the wire need to use special tools to do this, please purchase product. To note that a direct cable connection and cross-line of the points, in this case, because both ends of network cable directly connect two computers directly connected should be selected.
Physical hardware installation is very simple to install the new card purchased to the desktop, and then wires were inserted into desktop and notebook computers, HP Pavilion TX2100  or HP Pavilion TX1200  then use the desktop machine is another network card to connect Internet can be.
2. Unity of the Working Group and the computer name
To successfully set up a home network, both computers should have the same working group and a different computer name. To do the following:

(1) in the Windows 7 system, right-click the desktop "computer", select "Properties" command in the open window of the "Computer name, domain and workgroup settings" in view of the current settings. By default, the working group for the WORKGROUP, we install the computer name is created during Windows 7.
(2) Click "Change settings" in the Open dialog box's "Computer Name" tab, click the "Change" button, and then open the dialog box can be changed.
In this case, the Working Group are WORKGROUP, desktop and notebook computers computer name was Tai-PC and Bijiben-PC.
Note: The two computers have the same workgroup name, computer name can be arbitrary. Modified to restart your computer to take effect.

3. Set up a home network

On the desktop, not HP Pavilion NX9100 ,right-click the desktop space, select the "personalized" command, then opened the window, click the "Change desktop icons", select "Web" option can be created on the desktop "network" shortcut .
Double click on the "Network" icon in the window that opens click the "Network and Sharing Center" and then complete the relevant operations as needed.
(1) Click the "Select the family group and share options", then open the window, click the "Change Advanced Sharing Settings" option, you can open the window in the set. The settings recommended in the following table:

Tip: Windows 7, the optional home network, work network, public network. According to the design and the home network for home, work for the office network environment, public is used to cafes, hotels and other places. But here it is only family and work settings, public two options. The original, Windows 7 have a home network and work network from unity in the family network and work network configuration, usage and security similar, but slightly different in the firewall. If you select the home network may set the password, do this, select the work of the network in this case.
(2) In the "Network and Sharing Center", click "View Activity Network" in the network type, you can in the next window, select a different network location. In this case, we choose to "work the network."
4. To share Internet connection
Set shared Internet connection, need to operate on the desktop.
1) Create a Internet connection
(1) Double-click the desktop (or HP Pavilion DV9000 )Windows 7 systems on the "Network" icon in the window that opens click the "Network and Sharing Centre", then click "set up a new connection or network."
(2) Open the "Choose a connection option" dialog box, select "Connect to Internet" option, click "Next" button.
(3) in the open, "How do you want to connect?" Dialog box, click the "Broadband (PPPoE)" option, and then in the Open dialog box, enter the account number and password, a broadband connection, and select the "Remember this Password "," Allow other people to use this connection "option, click" Connect "button, the system will automatically detect Internet network, the connection succeeds, it will automatically open Internet Explorer.
2) Create a shortcut
To facilitate the use of broadband connections that we can create a desktop shortcut: double-click the desktop, the "Network" icon in the window that opens, click "Network and Sharing Center", then click the "Change Adapter Settings", in the open Right-click the window in the "broadband dial-up", select "Create Shortcut" command can be

3) Set the shared connection
In Figure 1, right-click the "broadband dial-up", select "Properties" command in the Open dialog box, click "Sharing" tab, select the "Allow other network users to connect through this computer's Internet connection to connect," "Once HP Pavilion DV6000  computer on the network try to access the Internet is a dial-up connection "," Allow other network users to control or disable the shared Internet connection "option. Then, in the "home network", select Connect to a piece of card on a laptop can be.
In the future, as long as desktop computers have Internet access, laptop connections will be able to share Internet access, and laptop computers when there is a connection request, it can automatically open on the desktop dial-up connection.