Operation Manual

Preparing for Installation
14 KEN! – 1 Welcome to KEN!
1.5 Preparing for Installation
Before installing KEN!, it is necessary to check a few settings
on the computers in your network and to change these where
required. This section tells you how to prepare your network
and your computers for KEN! installation.
Do you think of yourself as a network specialist? If so, see
the chapter „KEN! for the Network Specialist“ auf Seite 91 for
a compact description of the network functions.
Step 1:
Network
The first prerequisite for installing and working with KEN! is a
smoothly operating network. The exchange of information
must be guaranteed free of interference. The following net-
works can be configured for operation with KEN!:
• a Windows 2000/NT 4.0 or Windows Me/98/95 net-
work with peer-to-peer communication, i.e., without a
Windows 2000 or Windows NT server
• a Microsoft network with a Windows 2000 or Windows
NT 4.0 server
• a Novell network with a NetWare server
Step 2:
Network Protocol
Computers in a network require for information exchange a
common “language”, also known as a network protocol. The
Internet network protocol, for instance, is called TCP/IP.
KEN! also uses TCP/IP for communication in your network. In
order for KEN! to be able to use this protocol, it must be con-
figured on all computers in the network. During KEN! installa-
tion the software checks whether TCP/IP is installed on the
computer. If not, a Help file opens and assists you in install-
ing TCP/IP.