|  | Creating Answer Files Configuring Network Settings
If you continue through the Setup Manager Wizard in the default order, you will configure Network Settings after you configure General Settings. Under Network Settings you will find the following configurable settings:
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Computer Names (must be configured) Administrator Password (should always be configured) Network Settings and Networking Components Workgroup or Domain
When you configure the computer names, you can have Setup automatically generate names, or you can specify the name of each computer on which the answer file will be run during Setup. If your computers are on a domain, and therefore have domain computer accounts, you will want to specify those names. You can import a list of computer names from a text document as long as only one computer name appears on each line of the document.
By entering an administrative password, you increase security. The Setup Manager Wizard enables you to both enter a password and also specify that when the destination computer starts, the administrator be automatically logged on. You can set the number of times that the administrator is automatically logged on. You can also choose to encrypt the administrative password in the answer file, to further increase security.
You can configure network settings in either a typical or a custom configuration. The typical installation installs TCP/IP, Client for Microsoft Networks, and File and Print Sharing for Microsoft Networks, and enables Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP). If you select Typical, click Next when you get to the Networking Components page. The custom installation installs the same components as the typical installation, but enables you to configure them by adding, removing, and configuring clients, services, and protocols on the Networking Components page. If you do not configure these settings, the typical installation will apply.
When you configure this setting, you specify the name of the workgroup or domain that the computers will join. If you do not configure this setting, the computers will join the default workgroup named Workgroup.
| Note: If you choose to encrypt the administrative password, you will not be able to retrieve the password from the answer file. Be sure to record the administrative password in a secure place if you choose to encrypt it.