Phase 2 - Attach Clients To Network And Test Network Link - HP Tc2120 - Server - 256 MB RAM Installation Manual

4. Click OK to continue, and then OK again to exit the "Local Area Connection
Properties" window.
Phase 2 – Attach Clients to Network and Test Network Link
1. Create shares: create a folder on your HP server hard drive then share it (right
click Sharing).
2. Create users using the Windows Server 2003 Computer Management utility:
Start | Programs | Administrative Tools | Computer Management | System
tools | Local Users and Groups | Users.
3. Connect clients PC to the network your HP server operates on.
4. Open a command prompt window to verify the TCP/IP configuration and enter
the command:
ipconfig /all
5. To verify the server and clients can communicate properly:
a. From one of the clients, open a command prompt and type:
ping computername
where computername is the server name you entered during the Windows
installation. You should get four replies from your new server. If there is a
link problem it must be fixed before going any further.
You may test the link further by doing a ping between two clients. At the
same command prompt, type:
ping other_client_IPaddress
Where other_client_Ipaddress is the IP address of another client pc
on this network.
You should get four replies from the second client.
b. Copy files back and forth from the clients to the server.
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