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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such as America Online* and CompuServe 2000* provide Internet access but are still known as
“online services”, not ISPs.
LAN (Local Area Network): A computer network that serves users within a defined
geographical area. The benefits include the sharing of Internet access, files and equipment like
printers and storage devices. LANs use Ethernet cabling (10BaseT), existing phone lines or
radio waves to transmit data between the PCs. LANs include home and small-business
networks.
Mapping: Lets your PC recognize and communicate with a drive or printer located on another
PC in the network. For example, in order to copy files from a hard drive located in another PC,
you must “map to the drive” from your PC
and make sure the drive is shared at the other end.
See also Sharing.
Mbps: Megabits per second, a measure of data transmission speed.
PCI: A local bus standard that applies to internal PC devices such as network cards or sound
cards. The standard defines the way data travels between the CPU, system memory and the
device as well as the physical dimensions of the connector.
Peer-toPeer: See Ad Hoc.
Preamble (Header):
Profiles (Network Profiles): A collection of software settings and network identification
information that is unique for each network. When a single PC disconnects from one network
and reconnects with a different network, the active network profile must also be changed.
Protocols (Network Protocols): Define the rules for all aspects of data communication just like
a written language uses rules for spelling, sentence structure, etc. Protocols describe the way
data is organized, transmitted and received. The TCP/IP protocol is one of the most common.
Resources (Network resources): Software or hardware shared by the users of a network.
Resources can include software applications, documents, digital pictures and music, games,
numeric data, and devices such as printers, modems and disk drives.
Roaming: Moving seamlessly from one access point coverage area to another with no loss in
connectivity.
Server: Indicates a relationship where the server PC provides specific functions for a group of
client PCs. The server component of AnyPoint Internet Sharing Software (ISS) provides the
Internet connection as well as firewall and parental-control protection for other PCs in the
network that have ISS client installed.
Sharing: Makes drives and printers on your PC accessible to other PCs on the network. The
user sets the “share status” for each drive or printer on his or her own PC. The user selects either
Shared-Full, Shared-Read Only or Not Shared for each drive and printer. (Note: You “share”
resources on your own PC and “map to” resources on other PCs.)
Transfer rate:
SSID: Stationary Set ID. To communicate with each other, all wireless devices on the same
network must use the same SSID. The SSID allows two or more wireless networks to function
in the same vicinity without interfering with each other. The SSID can be a word or a
combination of letters and numbers.