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
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Contents
1 Understanding your
AnyPoint™ Wireless II Network..................................... 1
What is a network?............................................................................................................. 2
Components required to connect a PC to a network.......................................................... 2
Your Wireless II network adapter.............................................................................. 2
Device driver and wireless adapter settings............................................................... 2
The AnyPoint Connectivity Software Suite CD ........................................................ 3
How does my Wireless II adapter operate?........................................................................ 3
Peer-to-Peer mode...................................................................................................... 3
Infrastructure mode .................................................................................................... 4
How do I use my Wireless II laptop in different locations?............................................... 5
What is the AnyPoint Connection Manager?..................................................................... 6
What are Wireless II adapter and operating system settings?.................................... 6
What is a profile? ....................................................................................................... 7
What is network switching?....................................................................................... 7
What settings are switched in a network profile? ...................................................... 7
What is sharing and mapping?........................................................................................... 8
What is Internet Sharing Software (ISS)?.......................................................................... 9
What is a Firewall?..................................................................................................... 9
What is Web site filtering?....................................................................................... 10
Guidelines for setting up your network............................................................................ 10
2 Set Up the
AnyPoint™ Wireless II Network................................... 11
Where do I begin?............................................................................................................ 11
Install the AnyPoint software........................................................................................... 11
Share drives and printers.................................................................................................. 15
Configure the Internet Sharing Software (ISS) server ..................................................... 18
Configure the ISS connection .................................................................................. 19
Set up the Firewall ................................................................................................... 20
Set up Parental Control ............................................................................................ 23
Set up AnyPoint Connectivity Suite Extras ............................................................. 26
Registration ...................................................................................................................... 26