User's Manual
Table Of Contents
- Understanding your AnyPoint™ Wireless II Network 1
- What is a network?
- Components required to connect a PC to a network
- How does my Wireless II adapter operate?
- How do I use my Wireless II laptop in different locations?
- What is the AnyPoint Connection Manager?
- What is sharing and mapping?
- What is Internet Sharing Software (ISS)?
- Guidelines for setting up your network
- Set Up the AnyPoint™ Wireless II Network 2
- Share Drives and Printers 3
- Connect to the Internet 4
- Managing your Wireless II Network 5
- Using the AnyPoint Connection Manager
- View and edit current settings using the Wireless Control Panel tab
- Activate a profile
- Creating a new profile
- Scan for public access points
- Create a profile for a public access point
- Create an AnyPoint profile for your home or small office
- Create a profile for a corporate wired network
- Troubleshooting 6
- I can’t see a network PC from another PC
- I have an insufficient permissions error when running Windows 2000
- Remove incompatible network adapters
- I can’t connect to my ISP from an ISS client PC
- Make sure the ISS server PC is turned on and running the ISS software
- Make sure both the ISS server and ISS client PCs are on the network
- If you are using AOL*, check the AOL software
- If you are using AT&T WorldNet*, or CompuServe 2000*, check their settings
- Find out if the problem is ISS or your ISP connection
- I keep getting disconnected from the Internet without hanging up
- Can I use Internet sharing software from more than one manufacturer?
- ISS and ICS (Internet Connection Sharing)
- Network game problems
- I can’t see a drive or printer on a network PC
- I can’t map or print to a printer
- I can’t map to a drive
- I can’t write or save files to a drive on a network PC
- Printer drivers not found
- My laptop has speaker noise
- I am trying to access my Wireless II network with an Intel PRO/Wireless adapter
- I am trying to install a Wireless II adapter into an Intel PRO/Wireless network
- My Wireless II connection keeps getting interrupted
- What do the lights on my Wireless II adapter mean?
- Internet Service Provider Reference 7
- Technical Support Option 8
- Agency Notices
- Glossary
- Specifications
CHAPTER 1 Understanding your AnyPoint™ Wireless II Network
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work, you can travel between your office, a conference room, and an
outdoor courtyard and remain connected to the work network and its
resources.
To easily connect to other networks, you can use the AnyPoint Connection
Manager software.
What is the AnyPoint Connection Manager?
The AnyPoint Connection Manager is a software tool that is available when
you install your AnyPoint Wireless II adapter. The basic job of the
AnyPoint Connection Manager is twofold:
•
Edits Wireless settings - You can quickly edit your current Wireless II
settings of your adapter.
•
Creates Profiles - You can save the Wireless II adapter and operating
system settings into a single network profile. The software lets you
create as many profiles as you wish, and switch between them at any
time.
Before you can perform these tasks, you need to understand three concepts:
1 Wireless II adapter and operating system settings
2 Profiles
3 Network switching
What are Wireless II adapter and operating system
settings?
The wireless II adapter settings are wireless controls that the adapter
needs to communicate with the network. Within the standard 802.11b
technology, there are several settings as defined by Institute of Electrical
and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). To use your Wireless II laptop in
multiple networks, you need to change a few of these settings using the
AnyPoint Connection Manager
Profile Manager tab (see "Profile Manager
tab" on page 38). The major settings include:
• Network ID Code (SSID) - This is the network identification code. All
devices that you are connecting to must have the same SSID to
communicate with each other.
•
Mode - There are two operating transmission modes: Peer-to-Peer, or
Infrastructure. See page 3 in this chapter for more details.
•
Encryption password- This is a security feature. The encryption
password is a unique feature of the AnyPoint software. Every AnyPoint
Wireless II adapter in the network must have the same encryption
password, which the AnyPoint software uses to automatically generate
the required 802.11b encryption keys.