Windows Vista®: Home Networking

Configure Network Discovery

You learned in Chapter 3, Chapter 4, and Chapter 5 how to turn on network discovery, and I covered the features extensively. To review briefly, network discovery has two discovery states: on and off. When network discovery is on, your computer can see other network computers and devices, and other network computers and devices can see you. For a home network, you’ll need to have this on. When network discovery is off, you cannot see other network computers, and they cannot see you.

When network discovery is on, you are able to select a type of network location. You have to select a network location to connect to a network. Based on the selection you make, whether it’s a public or private network, Windows Vista tweaks ...