COMPUTER SYSTEMS
SERVICING 12
1st Semester: 3rd Quarter | February 27, 2023
Prepared by: APPLE H. TADEO
Objectives:
Perform a wired peer-to-peer network configuration
for Windows 10;
Share files between computers on a different network;
Value the benefits of file sharing.
Network and Folder Sharing
Two Types of Network Models
• Client-server model • Peer-to-Peer model:
• where all computers are • where all computers
connected to a server are connected with
computer that facilitates each other instead of a
the file sharing. server.
Peer-to-Peer
model:
All the computers are
connected to each other,
either via USB or
Ethernet cables. All the
computers in this
network model are both
server and client at the
same time.
How To Setup A Peer-To-Peer
Network In Windows 10:
IP Address
1. On your desktop,
go to Control Panel,
select Network and
Internet and then
go to Network and
Sharing Center
2. Select the “Change
adapter settings” and
then right click on the
“Ethernet” and choose
“Properties”
3. Click the Internet Protocol
Version 4 and then click
“Properties” button
4. Click the radio button
“Use the following IP
Address”. Then assign
your desired IP address. It
will then automatically
create the subnet mask.
Click “OK” to save the
changes.
5. Go to command
prompt, then type
“ping plus the IP
address you created
How to shared files/folders
1. To share a file, open the folder of the file in File
Explorer.
2. Right-click on the file
that you wish to share to
reveal the context menu.
3. Hover over ‘Give access to’
to reveal additional settings.
Select Homegroup (view and
edit).
Computer Name/Workgroup
Changes
1. On your desktop,
right-click on the This
PC to reveal the
context menu and
select Properties. This
should open a control
panel window.
2. Locate and click on Change Settings in the window that opens. This will open a System
Properties.
3. Under the Computer Name tab, click on the Change button.
4. Click on the radio button next to
how you wish to connect to the P2P
network.
If the network you wish to connect
to has a domain, enter the name
next to the Domain radio button.
If you wish to connect through a
local Workgroup, enter the name
of the Workgroup after selecting
the radio button for the same.
5. Click on OK. You will see a prompt for restarting your PC.
6. Restart your PC.
7. After your PC has rebooted, open File Explorer. You can use the keyboard
shortcut Win + E.
8. From the left quick access menu, click on Network.
9. You should see the other computers on your Network in the top row. If you do
not see your computers, you will instead be presented with a yellow bar saying
Network computers are not visible. Click on this bar to change the settings.
10. Select Turn on network discovery and file sharing.
11. Refresh the explorer by pressing F5, or from the right-click context menu
• Type \\[Link]
• (PC 2)
ERROR MESSAGE:
IF THE ERROR MESSAGE STILL APPEARS:
Performance Activity: 100 points
Using the information below, perform the peer-to-peer network configuration for
Windows 10
Workgroup and Folder Name IPAddress
1. COMTECH [Link] & [Link]
2. KOMTEK [Link] & [Link]
3. TECH [Link] & [Link]
4. COMPNET [Link] & [Link]
5. COMPUTER HUB [Link] & [Link]
6. PC CLINIC [Link] & [Link]
7. PC NET [Link] & [Link]
8. TECH HUB
[Link] & [Link]
