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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3 Share Drives and Printers .......................................... 27
Use network drives........................................................................................................... 27
Use files across the network............................................................................................. 28
Viewing video files across the network ........................................................................... 28
Change drive sharing and mapping.................................................................................. 29
Change drive access ................................................................................................. 29
Change drive mapping ............................................................................................. 30
Change printer sharing and mapping ............................................................................... 30
Change printer sharing............................................................................................. 30
Change printer mapping........................................................................................... 30
Install printer drivers................................................................................................ 31
Unmap a printer........................................................................................................ 31
Share and map automatically ................................................................................... 32
Multiple user profiles....................................................................................................... 32
4 Connect to the Internet ............................................. 33
Connect to the Internet using ISS..................................................................................... 33
Connect from the ISS server .................................................................................... 33
Connect from an ISS client ...................................................................................... 34
Exiting or bypassing ISS when connecting to the Internet .............................................. 35
View connection status and settings................................................................................. 36
Change the ISS server...................................................................................................... 36
Connecting with Virtual Private Network (VPN)............................................................ 37
5 Managing your Wireless II
Network .................................................................... 38
Using the AnyPoint Connection Manager ....................................................................... 38
Wireless Control Panel tab....................................................................................... 38
Profile Manager tab.................................................................................................. 38
View and edit current settings using the Wireless Control Panel tab .............................. 39
Activate a profile.............................................................................................................. 40
Creating a new profile...................................................................................................... 41
What are the profile configuration types?................................................................ 41
What are the profile modes? .................................................................................... 41
Scan for public access points ........................................................................................... 42
Create a profile for a public access point......................................................................... 43
Create an AnyPoint profile for your home or small office .............................................. 46
Create a profile for a corporate wired network................................................................ 50