Chapter 6. Installing the Connector
You've networked all of your computers with a wired or a wireless network. You've purchased or built a Windows Home Server computer and installed the operating system. Now you need to take the final step in completing the construction of your home server — you need to connect all of your Windows computers to it. The piece of software you need to use for this task is called, appropriately enough, the Connector.
Installing the Connector accomplishes several things. For one, it tells the server about each of the Windows computers on your network and allows it to monitor their health and perform backups, and it allows the computers to be remote controlled.
The Connector also allows you to monitor and control the server from each of the Windows computers you install it on. The Connector installs as a system tray icon that can be used to launch the console application, view shared drives on the server, and monitor the server and its status reports on the health of the network without having to log onto the server desktop.
There are two options for installing the Connector. The simplest option is to install from the Connector installation CD that came with your Home Server system or with your System Builder package. Alternatively, you can install it directly from a shared folder on the server. The next sections walk you through ...
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