what is ip address? explain by the displaying icon local area network.

what is ip address? explain by the displaying icon local area network.

DISPLAYING ICON LOCAL AREA NETWORK:                                                                       let us open of the computers which... 03:09

DISPLAYING ICON LOCAL AREA NETWORK:

                                                                      let us open of the computers which is physically connected. first of all, let us display the icon at the notification area that shows the information about the LAN which the respective computer is connected to.

 for this:
1.   click on start menu.
2.    click on my network places.
3.     click on view network connections.
2.      select and right click the local area connection.
5.     click properties ( this will display the properties window of local area connection).
6.     check right the box with the statement 'show icon in notification area when connected'.
7.     click OK.

now when your computer is connected to the network, the icon will be visible in the notification area.
local area connection is now connected at speed of 100 Mbps. let us example  some interesting information about the local area network ( LAN ) with the help of this icon.

at any time, if you will place the cursor on this icon, (for few seconds), it will tell you that:
1.    it is an icon for local area network.
2.     its speed is 100 Mbps
 LAN is currently connected.

the display window will provide you the following information:
1.   LAN is connected.
2.     now long this computer has been connected  to the network (duration).
3.     speed.
4.     this is the information about the activity of LAN. it tells how many pakets of information have been sent and received a computer.
5.     properties is clicked to explore the properties of connection(discussed latter).
6.      you have can disable the network connection of a computer by clicking tab.

IP ADDRESS:
                   now let us revise some of the topics we learnt in classes.
1.     select 'support' tab by clicking on it.
2.     just like phone numbers, every computer needs a unique number in a network. this unique number is actually the IP Address assign to the computer.
computer needs a language to communicate with others. do you remember this we discussed in classes? intact, this the language used by the network.  this language is known as protocol.
3.   to view the protocol used by your network:
click on general tap the click properties. the are several other information available here but they are beyond the scope of this book. so we shall not discuss them.

if the icon at the notification area is showing that LAN is working, it doesn't mean that now you can use it for data or resource sharing.