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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What is a network?
A computer network consists of two or more PCs that are able to
communicate with each other. Through a network, multiple PCs can share
resources, such as printers, an Internet connection, or stored data. It costs
less to share resources than provide every PC with its own printer or
Internet connection.
You can also access a file located on other PCs in the network just as if the
file was located on your own PC. For instance, from a PC upstairs, you may
want to listen to a large music file or view digital photos located on another
PC downstairs. You can keep the files for large applications on a system
with a larger drive capacity and then access those files with other PCs in the
network.
Components required to connect a PC to a network
To make your AnyPoint™ Wireless II network function, you need three
components.
1 A Wireless II network adapter for each PC
2 A device driver and wireless settings
3 An AnyPoint™ Connectivity Suite CD
Your Wireless II network adapter
A network adapter is a hardware device that provides the connection
between your PC and the network. The adapter converts the data inside
your PC to a form that can be sent to other PCs. It connects externally to
your PC through the Universal Serial Bus (USB), or in the case of a laptop
PC, through a PC card.
Wireless adapters use radio waves as the means of connection, and transmit
data through the air just like a cordless telephone; no connecting wires
between PCs are necessary. The wireless adapter can communicate with all
PCs in the network as long as they are in close proximity to each other (up
to 300 feet). Keeping the adapters physically close to one another will
improve the speed of data transmission.
Device driver and wireless adapter settings
Your Wireless II adapter requires a device driver to function. The driver is
actually software code that specifically controls how the PC and the adapter
communicate with each other. The
wireless adapter settings control how
your Wireless II adapter communicates with the other adapters in the
network. You cannot change the device driver software, but as you will
learn later in this chapter, you can change the adapter settings.