1. Using a computer that isn’t connected to a network. start Windows Meeting Spac, and start a new meeting.
2. Enter a name and password for the meeting.
3. Click options.
4. Select this check box to create an ad hoc network, verify that the country or region is correct, and click OK.
5. Click the Create A Meeting button.

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Holding a Wireless Meeting

1. With Windows Media Player running, click the Library down arrow, and choose Media Sharing from the drop-down menu to display the Media Sharing dialog box.
2. Select the items you want to share.
3. Click OK, and confirm that you want to share the media.
4. Specify with whom you want to share the media, and click Allow or Deny. Repeat for any other devices – another computer, an Xbox 360 console, or any other compatible expender on your network.
5. Click Setting to set the defaults for the names used to identify the shared media source and the types of media being shared.
6. If you want to make custom settings of types og shared media, select the device, and then click Customize

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Sharing Media on Your Network

Installing a multiple computer home network is probably easier than you think.  If both machines are using the Microsoft Windows environment, the task becomes even easier, but this is not an essential ingredient.  Routers operate the network at a machine level, and may be accessed by most modern operating systems, such as MAC OS X, Windows, and Linux.  The operating system must include the drivers to communicate with the router, and everything is likely to work fine.  Many of the routers available for home use have built-in HTML (web page) menus, which allow them to communicate with any device capable of using a web browser.

While an Ethernet router may be priced somewhat cheaper than a wireless one, the added convenience and scalability are well worth the investment of a wireless router and matching wireless interfaces for each machine.  For one thing, there are not wires to string through the house.  For another, a wireless router is able to handle a much higher number of devices, usually as many as 256, including a limited number of wired Ethernet connections.  This is opposed to an average of 8 available devices being connected to an ordinary Ethernet router for home use.  To be fair, both routers can manage the same number of devices, but connecting those devices requires even more hardware for Ethernet, in the form of a hub, or even additional routers.

To set up a home network with an Ethernet router:

1. Connect your Cable/DSL modem to the cable/dsl line and turn it on.
2. Connect the cable/DSL modem to the WAN port of  the router.
3. Power up the router. Your manual can explain the diagnostic lights flashing.
4. Connect all computers or devices to the LAN ports on the router.
5. Power up or restart the computers.
6. Open “Network Connections”, and run the setup wizard.
7. Any wireless connections that are Plug N Play should work now as well.

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Steps for setting up a home network

There are two basic ways to connect two computers together to make a home network.  One is to use a direct connection between the two machines, and the other requires the use of a network gateway, or router.  If you are only creating a quick tempory connection, and won’t be using the network for anything except to copy files or share applications, a direct connection method would be suitable.  But if you want both computers to have equal, independent access to a third device, such as a printer that either machine can access at any time, or a cable modem, then it probably makes more sense to use a router.  Another, slower alternative is the use of a direct connect parallel or or serial cable, although severely limits functionality.

You cannot connect a USB cable directly between two computers.  A USB cable carries a voltage supply used to power many devices, and severe electrical problems are likely to affect one or both machines after such a connection is made, including destruction of the motherboard or the power supply.  There are direct connect cables made especially for this purpose, and such cables should always be used.  The most practical form of a home network is the use of a router, as will be explained shortly.

For a direct network connection, you’ll need special cables.  Crossover cable are available for both Ethernet and USB connections.  A straight wired Ethernet cable will not work, unless a hub is used as a translating device.  Basically, a cross over cable has reversed pairs of wires between the RJ45 jack on one end, and the jack on the other.   A network set up in this way cannot add a third device without one of the two machines taking on the role of network server, as well as an additional network port for each new device.  For any type of extended period home network, the best solution is most likely the use of a router.

By using a router, most of the pitfalls and complications of a direct network connection are eliminated.  The network is no longer limited to two connections, for starters, which allows the use of a printer or cable modem at any time, whether the other computer is turned on, or not.  The router also provides a shield between the home network and the internet, blocking many of the potentially malicious dangers that could be lurking.  Adding more computers to the network at a later time is much easier, as well.  Additionally, wireless routers are now very inexpensive, which would allow the use of mltiple computers and devices without having unsightly wires run throughout the home.

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Setup a home network

If you are going to work with computers, you are going to be exposed to binary numbering.  There’s no way around this, as the base 2 (binary) math system is the basic language used in all computing, from the lowliest 8-bit to the most advanced 128-bit systems.  The “bit”, is, itself, the most basic part of binary counting.  In computing 8 bits produce one byte, or octet, which can be any number between 0-255, with 0 acting as a definite number as well as the equivalent of nil, or nothing.  Since every operation in a computer can ultimately be reduced to a true/false, or yes/no equation, binary is language of choice, with the only two numbers available being 0, or 1.

For people, the common counting system is decimal, or base 10, arguably because the earliest discovered counting method were the ten fingers available on hands.  The base number is how high you count before starting over at the next numeric place.  Computers don’t have fingers to start with, and have evolved around the concept that either something is, or it is not.  While they also use the hexadecimal numbering system, binary is much more commonly used.

It is important to remember that in binary 10000000 is a value of 1, not 10 million, a full octet, or byte is equal to 255, and represented by 11111111.  For most computing needs, the counting ends at a byte, although this is a matter of comprehension, not of actual truth. In actuality, the counting continues indefinitely, with each new number place being equal to a maximum of twice the preceding maximum.  In order to keep it simple we will only look at counting in binary up to the size of a single byte.

The following list outlines the first 8 numeric places in binary:
10000000=001= the only values allowed here are 0 and 1
01000000=002=2*1 (1 is maximum preceding value)
00100000=004=2*2 (2 is the maximum preceding value)
00010000=008=2*4 (4 s the max perceding value)
00001000=016=2*8 (8 is max preceding value)
00000100=032=2*16(16 is max preceding value)
00000010=064=2*32(32 is max preceding value)
00000001=128=2*64(64 is the max preceding value)

Once we’ve counted as high as 128, we can go back through the place list again for a another full 127, giving 8 1′s the total value of 255, and with the original plave value of 0, we have a total of 256 possible numbers in 8 numeric places of code.

A full octet is 11111111, which is equal to 2^8 or 255. Each place value is raised to the power of 2 for its full value.  This can be very confusing to grasp, but only because we have learned the use only the decimal system our entire lives.  In actuality, binary is a very logical (yes or no) method of counting.  For instance, assume that 1 is the basic number, the next numeric place can have a total of no more than 2*1 or twice the max value of previous places. The next numeric place can have a maximum value of twice the value of numeric places which precede it, etc.  It works exactly the way that base 10 works, but with the maximum value before adding a multiplier is 2, rather than 10. if the third place contains a 1, then that number is equal to 4, because the maximum available from all of the preceding places is 2.

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