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 2 Set Up the AnyPoint™ Wireless II Network
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A decision screen asks if you want to set up your PC to share drives and
printers. Click
Yes. An informational screen describing Sharing and
Mapping appears. Click
Next to continue.
2 In the Share Drives With Other PCs screen, right-click on any drive to
change the share status, selecting options from the menu. By default, all
drives, except floppy disk drives, are set up as
Shared - Read Only.
3 Click Next. The Share Printers with Other PCs screen appears.
If you don’t want others to use the drive, select Not Shared.
If you want others to see or copy the files and folders from the
shared drive, but not change, save, or delete them on the
shared drive, select Shared - Read Only.
If you want others to view, copy, change, save, or delete the
files and folders on the shared drive, select Shared - Full.
Printers are shared
by default. If you
don’t want to share
a printer, right-click
the printer in the list
and select Not
Shared.