4. Configuring your home network
4.2 Configuring the client computer/s
This is very similar to configuring the server, but easier!
Go into the Network control panel as you did on the server. Firstly, go into the Identification tab. For computer name, enter anything you want - but note that each computer in your network must have a unique name. For workgroup, put the same workgroup name that you used for the server. For computer description, put whatever you like.
Now for the configuration tab. If you decided to add Microsoft Family Logon on the server, you should do the same for each client computer. As with the server, you can install this by clicking "Add…", choosing "Client" then clicking "Add…", choosing "Microsoft" on the left and "Microsoft Family Logon" on the right and clicking "OK". Back in the basic network control panel screen, change your Primary Network Logon to "Microsoft Family Logon".
Next, you enabled file and printer sharing on the server you should do the same on each client. As with the server, you do this by clicking on "File and Print Sharing…", checking the boxes to enable these services, then clicking "OK".
Now you need to add TCP/IP. Click "Add…", choose "Protocol" then click "Add…", then choose "Microsoft" on the left and "TCP/IP" on the right and click "OK".
At this point you'll once more have lots of stuff in the little box that says "The following network components are installed:" The box will be a little less cluttered than for the server and should look like this: Client for Microsoft Networks; Microsoft Family Login; [name of network card]; TCP/IP; File and printer sharing for Microsoft Networks. It will be considerably more cluttered if you have any other network components installed.

If there are any other network components present, they can and generally should be removed by clicking on each component and then clicking "Remove"; however if you have any dial-up adapters installed (they'll say "Dial-Up Adaptor") then you may want to keep "Dial-Up Adapter" and "TCP/IP -> Dial-Up Adapter" so that you can still use your modem to dial in to the internet. If you just want to send faxes you only need "Dial-Up Adapter".
Now configure TCP/IP for the network card. If there are no other network components (in which case your network control panel should look like mine above), click on "TCP/IP" and then click "Properties". Otherwise you'll need to click on "TCP/IP -> [name of network card you bought]" and then click "Properties".
In the "IP Address" tab, select "Specify an IP address" and enter 192.168.0.2 as the IP address for the first client, 192.168.0.3 for the second client and so on. It is important that every computer has a different IP address. Enter 255.255.255.0 for the subnet mask for each client.

In "WINS Configuration" click "Disable WINS Resolution".
In the "Gateway" tab, enter 192.168.0.1 as a "New gateway" and click "Add".

In "DNS Configuration", click on "Enable DNS". For Host, enter the computer's name (the name you specified in the "Identification" tab of the Network control panel). For Domain, enter the intranet domain that you identified at the end of section 4.1. In DNS Server Search Order, type 192.168.0.1 and click "Add".

In "Bindings", make sure "Client for Microsoft Networks", "File and Printer Sharing for Microsoft Networks" and "Microsoft Family Login" are all checked. Click on the "Advanced" tab and make sure the "Set this protocol to be the default protocol" box is checked.
As with the server computer, you may want to enable full duplex mode on the network card (but see the explanation of this in
section 4.1 before you decide to do this). The way to enable full duplex mode is slightly different for different cards, but is generally pretty self-explanatory. Don't change any other settings in the "Advanced" or "NetBIOS" tabs unless you know what you're doing.
You've now finished configuring the server computer/s. Click "OK" to exit the TCP/IP section, "OK" again to exit the Network Control Panel, and restart your computer when Windows asks you to.
Congratulations, you've set up your home network!