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
Understanding your AnyPoint™ Wireless II Network CHAPTER 1
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The device driver and adapter settings are installed when you first set up
your AnyPoint™ Wireless II Network using the Installation Guide.
The AnyPoint Connectivity Software Suite CD
The AnyPoint Connectivity Software Suite is on your CD. It contains
programs for your home and small business network. During network
installation, you install this software:
• Device driver for your network adapter
• AnyPoint Sharing and Mapping software
• AnyPoint Internet Sharing software (ISS)
• Firewall for Internet security
• Web site filtering for Parental Control
• The AnyPoint Connection Manager to manage your Wireless II
network
• Anypoint Extras for additional entertainment applications
For instructions to install the AnyPoint Connectivity Software Suite, see
"Install the AnyPoint software" on page 11.
How does my Wireless II adapter operate?
The network mode is one of the adapter settings you must enter during
installation. Wireless networks can operate in one of two modes:
1 Peer-to-Peer (sometimes called Ad Hoc)
2 Infrastructure
Peer-to-Peer mode
In the peer-to-peer mode, sometimes called ad-hoc mode, PCs transmit and
receive data directly with other PCs in the network using radio waves.
Coordination of data traffic between PCs is done automatically. The