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Question: You will be setting up a small office/home office (SOHO) network in the classroom. You will need the following for your group: Two laptop computers Two network cables One SOHO router Perform the following steps once your group has all of the equipment: Plug the power jack into the router, and then plug the outlet into the power strip in the room.
Connect one laptop to one of the Ethernet ports on the router marked 1 through 4. Connect the other laptop to one of the Ethernet ports on the router marked 1 through 4. Make sure you didn't plug the computers into the port marked WAN or Internet on the router. Verify the lights on the network ports of the computers and router are lit and/or blinking.
Let your instructor know if they aren't. Open the Network and Sharing Center on each computer to verify it has detected the new network. You can find the link in the Settings app after you then select the Network & Internet category. You can also right click the network connection in the task notification area (bottom right) and select Open Network & Internet Settings for a shortcut. If it doesn't, you may need to return to the Network and Sharing Center, select Change advanced sharing settings from the left menu, and then verify Turn on network discovery and Turn on file and printer sharing are both selected for the Private and Guest or Public networks.
Please let your instructor know if you are prompted for a password on the desktop computer. Open File Explorer and look in the navigation pane. You should see the other computer connected to the SOHO router listed there. After setting up your network, answer these questions as a group in a Word document. Only one group member needs to submit the document, but make sure each person's first and last name are on it. What is the physical topology of this network?
What operating system and edition do the computers in this classroom run? Is the operating system used in the classroom considered to be a network operating system (NOS)? What network model is being used on this lab? How might you be able to tell if a computer is part of a client-server or peer-to-peer network model?
Hint: You can find this information through the Settings app in Windows. If you shared a folder from one computer to the other, would it change the network model being used? What layer of the OSI model does file sharing work at? If you open the command prompt on both computers and type in ipconfig /all, does the computer have an IP address? If so, what is it? What layer of the OSI model do IP addresses exist at? What layer of the OSI model is responsible for the lights on the network interfaces of the computers and router?