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 • First you must install a Network Interface Card into your computer.
 
 • A newly installed NIC will be detected by Windows on bootup via the Plug and Play feature
 
 • The  software driver for the card is loaded automatically by Windows or else you load it manually from the card manufacturer's disk supplied.
 
 
 
 
 Configuring a LAN -  Start/Settings/Control Panel -Network
 
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		|  | Configuring a LAN Add components
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		|  | Configuring Client Software
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		|  | Configuring Protocol TCI/IP
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		|  | Configuring Protocol IP address
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		|  | Configuring Protocol Binding
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		|  | Domain logon 
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		|  | TCP/IP Diagnostics 
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