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Network and Firewall

2. Click View network status and tasks under Network and Internet.

3. In the left pane, click Manage Network Connections.

4. Right-click your default network connection.

• Local Area Connection for wired networks.

• Wireless for wireless connections.

5. Highlight Internet Protocol Version 4(TCP/IP).

6. Click Properties.

7. Click Advanced.

8. Click the WINS tab.

WINS refers to Windows Internet Naming Service, which converts NetBIOS network names to IP

addresses.

9. NetBIOS settings are found at the bottom of the dialog box. Make sure that the NetBIOS setting is

not set to Disable NetBIOS over TCP/IP.

NETWORK HEALTH

The Windows Home Server console contains a Network Health button to view the health of your

network.

The Home Network Health dialog box shows health notifications from the server and the

computers that are running Windows Vista.

To access the Network Health button

1. At the PC, double-click the Windows Home Server icon in the system tray and log on.

At the Mac, select Launch Home Server Console from the Server menu

2. Click the Network Health button.