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Although it is not necessary to become a technician, you should be familiar with the screens that are involved with the Network Connections. In our presentation we talked about the different signs that you will get from your Notification Bar. Remember, your Notification Bar is in the lower right-hand corner of the screen. Here, mine is telling me that I am currently connected to WiFi Owls. Notice all the green bars. That's telling me I have a very strong connection so I need not worry about what the actual bandwidth itself is doing. I have also placed the Icon for the Network on the Desktop. Now please keep in mind that this Network is considered a default Icon. It is not simply a drag and drop of the Icon. In order to turn on the default Icons we right-click and Personalize. Under Personalize you will notice, on the left-hand side it says: Change Desktop icons. Here is where I can simply place a checkmark next to Network. You do need to be aware of the defaults for the Examination and how to turn them on and off. Take some time to memorize this screen and the five options that are defaults. I'm going to Cancel because the Network is already turned On and close out of the Personalization screen. To go into the Network I'll simply double-click on the Icon. Here it shows me all of the items that are visible; these are all the machines that are currently connected to this particular Network. If I close out of the Network and do a right-click instead of the simple double-click, I will go down to Properties. In Properties it tells me this computer's connection going to the Internet. Seeing WiFi Owls in the center with the little green connector bar tells me I'm on a Wireless Connection. You'll notice below it also says that it's a Wireless Connection and tells me how strong the signal is. Here, if I need to, I can disconnect. Especially in the case of the Wireless, it's necessary to know about the Diagnose and Repair command. When you select it Windows will actually go into the background and try to identify the problem. It is, in essence, turning off, or disconnecting, from your Wireless Connection, and then restarting the Wireless one more time. If it does not find any problems it will tell you. If it's able to solve the problem it will tell you that also. You'll notice from the Network Connection screens that I can also set up a connection or a network. I simply select it and it brings me to a dialog box, which lets me go through the wizard. Here you'll notice that I can set up a Router; I can connect to a Wireless Network; I can connect to the Internet. These are the same terms that we went through in our prior video. Here, when we select any particular item and go Next, we will be taken directly through to a wizard. The wizard will take us step-by-step in how to set the information up. Now, again, you will not need to know all the individual steps for this wizard. You will not have to know the type of encryption that you are using, nor will you have to know whether you are using a security key or a pass phrase. The idea is to be aware of the fact that the setup for a connection or a network exists within the Network and Sharing Center. That Center is accessed through the network Icon. On the screen also you will see some Management Tools: Management of the wireless network; and then just a simple connection to the network itself. Again, a simple click will take you through wizards that will allow you to actually connect to the Network itself. Notice as always, with Vista, that in the lower left-hand corner of the screen it will give you additional options from areas that are connected with the task at hand. In this case we're looking at Network Connections so it takes me automatically to Internet Options, and the Windows Firewall. You'll notice that in the screen itself you will be able to get to the Help Menu with the little blue circle in the corner. Always remember on the Examinations that these features will be turned Off so you'll need to be able to explore and move around the screen. The Examination on the Networking tends to evolve around terminology, however, it also evolves around the tasks that are listed on the left-hand side of the screen. The Examination does not expect us to be experts at network controls and issues. It does, however, want us to be familiar with the Network Icon. Be aware of the Network Icon and, most importantly, be aware of your Connection Status in your Notification Bar. Be aware of the fact that that Notification Bar is always in the right-hand corner of your screen. Keep in mind also that if you are missing an Icon from your Notification Bar, such as the Network, that it is the Start Menu that allows us to turn it on. Right-click on Start and go to Properties. Under Properties you will see a tab for Notification Area. Here is where I can turn the Network Icon back on. The type of question that appears on the Examination: If the Network Icon is missing from the Notification Bar how do you turn it on? The answer: Right-click on Start, go to Properties and Notification Area.