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Suppose you set up two  home networks or  local area networks (LAN) at a small office and want also to connect one network to another. To do this you have to buy  a router or until after you can purchase one  you can get around this  by creating “free router” from the existing computer.

What is router?  a router is  a network device  that serves to connect  two or more computer networks and   channel data from one computer to another within a network. Routers are also used to connect smaller networks to larger one  and are also used to divide large networks into  smaller ones

Now let’s get to the point. You have a computer connected to DSL / broadband connection and  run two networks (let’s say Network 1 and Network 2)  at your office and you wish to connect all computers within  both networks to access the internet or simply share files or printers between the two networks.  You can make the computer that connect to the internet a simple  router and what you need is a computer installed with Windows XP  Professional, three Local Area Network cards (NIC) , a switch or hub (whichever is applicable).

Step One : Enable IP Forwarding on Windows Registry

Before you proceed make sure you first back-up you Windows registry just  in case you mess up with it.

The first thing you do is to enable IP  forwarding on the computer you want to make a router. Go to Start and click Run then type in regedit to run registry editor and locate the the following registry key.

• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESYSTEM/CurrentControlSet/Services/TcpipParameters
• Right click IPEnableRouter registry object, and click Modify. Change IPEnableRouter window  registry value to 1 and then and click OK, close the registry editor and reboot your computer.

Step Two : Configure Router For  First LAN Card (Network I)

Go to Control Panel, select Network Connections, right click on the first  LAN Card and then select Properties.

On the General tab, select Internet Protocol (TCP / IP),   select  Properties and assign it with the following profile :
Network Card I (connect to network I):
IP: 10.10.10.1
Netmask: 255.255.255.0
Gateway : leave it blank

Step Three : Configure Router For Second  LAN Card  (Network 2)

This second step is similar to the first configuration except for the IP address configuration :
IP: 192.168.20.1
Netmask: 255.255.255.0
Gateway : leave it blank

Step Four : Configure all the client computers  with following profile.

Network 1
IP: 10.10.10.2-254
Netmask: 255.255.255.0
Gateway : 10.10.10.1

Network 2
IP: 192.168.20.2-254
Netmask: 255.255.255.0
Gateway: 192.168.20.1

To make sure you have successfully set up a working connection between the two networks run a ping command  from a workstation computer in network 1 and nerwork 2

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WPS file is document created with Microsoft Works word processing software;  an application similar to a Microsoft Word (.DOC) document yet does not include advanced formatting options and macros. This posting explains how to convert wps to doc file

Use Microsoft  WPS Converter

Microsoft provides Works 6-9 Converter  on their website to download here . Download the converter, run installer and  follow the instructions, to open a wps file you can simply run the application.
You can use Word to open a Works document file (.wps), even if the file has not been converted to Word format (.doc), by using the Works 6-9 Converter.  Follow these instructions to open the Works document by using the Works 6-9 Converter:  Start  MS Word and access the wps file you wish to convert. In the Open dialog box,  follow these steps:

1. Change the Look in box to the location of your Works document.
2. In the Files of type box, click All Files (*.*).
3. Select the Works document (.wps) that you want to open, and then click Open.
4. Click File, click Save As, and then change the file type to a Microsoft Word document (.doc).
5. Save the document and you have converted the file to a Word document (doc file)

Convert WPS to Doc file with  Microsoft Works

If you have installed MS Works on your computer you can open a wps file using it and convert in to a doc file by  saving the file as a Word document. To do this, follow these steps:

1. Start MS In Works, open the wps document
2. Click File and then click Save As.
3. In the Save As dialog box, change the Save in box to the folder where you want to save the file.
4. In the File name box, type a new name for the Word version of your document.
5. In the Save as type box, select Word 97-2000 & 6.0/95 – RTF (*.doc), and then click Save.  If you are using Works 8.0, select Word 97-2003 (*.doc) in the Save as type box as shown in picture bellow, and then click Save.
6. Close the document
7. Start Microsoft Word and open the newly created document.

Using Online WPS  converter

If you don’t want to download WPS converter and do not install MS Works on your computer you can just convert WPS file using WPS online converter. There is a free online converter service that can convert a .wps file to a .doc file. Just go to Zamzar.com,  choose a WPS file from your computer, choose the file format to convert to, enter your email address and receive the converted doc file  by email.

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