Network Settings in Windows
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Network Settings in Windows

Configure Windows network settings for Smode Net

Set up computer Names

To improve clarity and troubleshooting, consider renaming computers to reflect their specific roles in the Topology Contains all the SmodeServer Read More . For example, you could name computers as 'Main', 'Spare', or 'Node1'.
Rename a computer by going to Settings > About > Rename this PC.

Set up IP addresses

All Smode servers must have IP addresses within the same network range, like 10.0.0.xxx or 192.168.1.xxx, where xxx can be any value between 1 and 254.
To set static IP addresses:
  1. Open the Control Panel > Network and Internet > Network Connections (you can type 'ncpa.cpl' in the Run dialog box)
  2. Right-click on the adapter (for the Smode Net) and select properties
  3. Uncheck TCP/IPv6 to disables IPv6
  4. Select TCP/IPv4 and open Properties
  5. Choose 'Use the following IP Address', set a IP to something appropriate, like 10.0.0.xxx or 192.168.1.xxx, and set the Subnet Mask to 255.255.255.0 (default)
  6. you can leave the gateway and DNS server fields blank
  7. Repeat this on every server with different IP addresses within the same network subnet

Set up sharing

  1. Open the Windows Network and Internet Setting.
  2. Click on Network and Sharing Center .
  3. Click Change Advanced Sharing Settings
  4. Change the setting like bellow

Share the Medias directories

  1. Open the File Sharing window by right-clicking the specific Medias directories folder and selecting Properties > Sharing > Advanced Sharing.
  2. Check Share this folder and set a share name
  3. Inside Permissions Set Level of the users Smode, Everyone and Guest to Read/Write .
  4. Your file are now accessible on the network (you can enter \\computerName or \\computerIP in windows Explorer)
if you share a drive you also need to set the Permissions under Security

Verify Network connections

The Windows Command Prompt can be used to check the connections of the machines. To check the connections:
  1. Open the Windows Command Prompt or PowerSheel by right clicking on the windows icon
  2. Use one of the server, to verify that all of the machines are responding by entering the command bellow:
    ping IPAddress
for example
ping 192.168.1.10
  3. If the server are responding correctly, the line Reply from 'IP address: bytes=32 etc will appear. If there is an error, it will prompt Request timed out .

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