Win7 Why do you want to set up a network location?

Set up network discovery and network file sharing, but also consider the security factors, the computer network location settings. In the Win7 system, the network location mainly has the following 3 kinds.

1. Home Network

Home network refers to the computer users in the LAN trust each other, is a simple network relationship within the router, because the network is safe, users can be in the home network of computers to enable network discovery and sharing functions.

2. Work Network

A working network is a network that is used at work, where each computer can trust each other, but not necessarily secure, enabling network discovery, but not arbitrarily enabling network sharing.

3. The public network is an Internet network connection. A public network can have multiple, but users do not know how many computers are in a router or network, or whether other computers are secure.

These are the meanings of each network location, and you can set the computer's location on the network in the following ways.

1. In Network and Sharing Center, view active networks, click a network location, such as a work network.

2. In the open Set network location, click the Network location icon to complete the network location settings.