Recorded IT Webinar: How to Configure Networking in Windows 10 Devices

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How to Configure Networking in Windows 10
Devices
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• Agenda
• Windows 10 Wireless Networking
• The Basics of Wireless Networking
• Windows WiFi Connect
• Poor Connections Wireless
• Optimize Wireless Adapter Settings for Best Wi-Fi
  Performance
• Wireless Network Report
• To Delete a wireless network profile
• Configuration and setting up of the networking
  capabilities in the Windows 10 devices securely
• Windows 10 Wired Networking
• Windows 10 Printing

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Windows 10 Networking
Wireless and Wired
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Wireless Networking Basics

• Windows usually connects to networks in this
  order Ethernet, WiFi and then Mobile
  broadband. Whenever you connect to a new WiFi
  network, its added and stored in the list of
  profiles by Windows 10. The details stored in
  the profile would include its name, password,
  encryption method used, SSID, etc.

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Windows WiFi Connect

• Connecting to a wireless network is an easy
  process, you only need to know the network you
  want to connect and the security key to
  authenticate.
• Click the wireless icon in the notification area.
• Select the network you want to connect.
• Check the Connect automatically option.
• Click the Connect button.
• Enter the network security key.
• Click the Next button.
• Note If your machine does not have a wireless
  card, the Wi-Fi section will not appear in my
  Network Internet tab.

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Causes of Poor Signal-to-Noise Ratio
Poor Connections - Wireless

• Distance between the user and the Wireless Access
  Point
• Interference from sources such as
• Cordless phones
• Microwave ovens

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Signal-to Noise Ratio

• Over 40dB Extremely fast Connection - 5 Bars
• 25 dB to 40 dB Very Fast Connection - 4 Bars
• 15 dB to 25 dB Low Signal, usually fast
  connection 3 Bars
• 10 dB to 15 dB Very Slow connection 2 Bars
• lt 10 dB- No Signal no connection 0 to 1 Bar

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Optimize Wireless Adapter Settings for Best Wi-Fi
Performance

• If your computer drops Wi-Fi or shows no Wi-Fi
  available, you could change the wireless adapter
  power settings to get the best Wi-Fi
  performance. The default power option is "Power
  saving mode", which will result in a Windows 10
  Wi-Fi problem while connecting to distant
  Wireless Access Points. Take the following steps
  to fix the Wi- Fi issue.

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Steps
Step 1. Use Windows shortcut keys Win X or
right-click the Start menu. Select Power Options.
Step 2. Scroll down and click the Additional
power settings. (This is available for Windows
10 Fall Creators Update ( Build 1709 )/Creators
Update users. For the predecessors, go to Step 3
directly.)
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Step 3. Locate your current power plan and click
Change plan settings.
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Step 4. Click Change advanced power settings.
Step 5. Choose the Maximum Performance under the
entry Wireless Adapter settings. Step 6. Click
Apply, and then click OK to fix Windows 10 Wi-Fi
issue.
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Wireless Network Report
The wireless network report is one of the more
useful tools in Windows 10 that can help you
diagnose Wi-Fi connection problems.
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• Analyze the wireless network report
• To create the wireless network report
• In the search box on the taskbar, type Command
  prompt, press and hold (or right-click) Command
  prompt, and then select Run as administrator gt
  Yes.
• At the command prompt, type netsh wlan show
  wlanreport.
• This will generate a wireless network report
  thats saved as an HTML
• file, which you can open in your favorite web
  browser.

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The wireless network report contains the
following sections
Wi-Fi summary chart. This chart shows the Wi-Fi
connection sessions that are available in the
report. Select a section in the chart to go to
the corresponding Wi-Fi session shown in the
report. A red circle indicates an error. If you
see one, select it to get information about the
error. Report Info. Shows the date the report was
created and how many days it covers. General
System Info. Contains details about your PC. It
includes the computer name, system manufacturer,
system product name, BIOS date, BIOS version, OS
build, Machine ID, and info about if its MDM
joined.
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User Info. Contains general information about the
person who is currently signed in to the PC. It
contains

• Username. Current user signed in to the PC.
• User Domain. The domain the PC is joined to.
• User DNS Domain.
• Network adapters. Contains a detailed list of all
  the network adapters on your PC. This includes
  any hidden adapters.
• Device. This is the friendly name of the adapter.
• PnP ID. The PnP ID the PC uses to identify the
  adapter.
• Guid. The Unique identifier of this adapter on
  your PC.
• Current driver version. Current driver version
  the adapter is using.
• Driver date. The date the driver was installed.
• DevNode flags.
• Problem number. If theres a problem with your
  adapter, the problem number
• will be listed here.

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To Delete a Wireless Network Profile

• When you connect to a new Wi-Fi network it is
  added and stored in a list of profiles. Over a
  period of time the list can become very large.
  The following instructions guide you through the
  process of deleting a wireless profile that is
  no longer needed.
• To delete a wireless network profile in Windows
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• Click the Network icon on the lower right corner
  of your screen.
• Click Network settings.
• Click Manage Wi-Fi settings.
• Under Manage known networks, click the network
  you want to delete.
• Click Forget.
• The wireless network profile is deleted.

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Configuration and setting up of the networking
capabilities in the Windows 10 devices securely

• Windows Defender SmartScreen
• Windows 10 Network Protection

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Applies to
Windows Defender SmartScreen

• Windows 10
• Windows 10 Mobile
• Windows Defender SmartScreen helps to protect
  your employees if they try to visit sites
  previously reported as phishing or malware
  websites, or if an employee tries to download
  potentially malicious files.

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Anti-phishing and anti-malware support
Reputation-based URL and app protection
Benefits of Windows Defender SmartScreen
Operating system integration integrated into the
Windows 10 operating system, meaning that it
checks any files an app (including 3rd-party
browsers and e-mail clients) attempts to download
and run. Improved heuristics and diagnostic
data Management through Group Policy and
Microsoft Intune
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Windows 10 Network Protection

• Applies to
• Windows 10, version 1709 and later
• Windows Server 2016
• Audience
• Enterprise security administrators
• Manageability available with
• Group Policy PowerShell
• Configuration service providers for mobile device
  management
• Supported in Windows 10 Enterprise, Network
  protection is a feature that is part of Windows
  Defender Exploit Guard. It helps to prevent
  employees from using any application to access
  dangerous domains that may host phishing scams,
  exploits, and other malicious content on the
  Internet.

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Use PowerShell to Enable or Audit Network
Protection

• Type PowerShell in the Start menu, right click
  Windows PowerShell
• and click Run as administrator
• Enter the following cmdlet
• Set-MpPreference -EnableNetworkProtection Enabled

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Windows 10 starts all networking using IPV6.
What if your network is predominately IPV4?
Can you change the preferred networking order
from IPV6 to IPV4?
Wired Networking
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To Change the Preferred Networking Order to IPV4
Important
Follow the steps in this section carefully.
Serious problems might occur if you modify the
registry incorrectly. Before you modify it, back
up the registry for restoration in case problems
occur.
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To configure IPv6, modify the following registry
value based on the following table.
Location HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControl
Set\Services\
Tcpip6\Parameters\ Name Disabled Components
Type REG_DWORD Min Value 0x00 Max
Value 0xFF (IPv6 disabled)
IPv6 Functionality Registry value Comments
Prefer IPv4 over IPv6 Dec 32 Hex 0x20 Bin xx1x xxxx Recommended instead of disabling
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Windows 10 Printing is the same as Windows 8.1
with one exception.
Windows 10 Printing
The management of printing is now controlled by
Print Management console. printmanagement.msc Thi
s console was used in Windows Server for years
and was moved to Windows 10 to enable the
management of Print Servers system wide. The next
slide shows the console.
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