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
76
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Index
A
Access point 4, 70
Accessing
the Internet through ISS
63
the Internet without ISS 35
Ad hoc mode (see peer-to-peer) 70
America Online* (AOL*)
Connection problems
54
Setting up to use with ISS 63
AOL* password 64
Automatic filtering 24
B
Browsers, see Web browsers
Bypass ISS 36
C
Cable modem
and ISS
66
Setting up 66
Change the ISS server 36
Channel 70
Client 70
Client PC
Cannot connect to the Internet
54
Defined 14
Disconnecting from the Internet 35
CompuServe* 65
Configure Parental Control 24
Configure the ISS connection 19
Connecting
to the Internet with ISS
63
to the Internet without ISS 35
Connecting to a profile, with ACM 40
Connection manager, AnyPoint 38
Create a new profile 46
Creating infrastructure profile 43
Creating peer-to-peer profile 46
D
Disable automatic sharing and mapping 32
Drives
Accessing across the network
27
Mapping 30
Sharing 29
E
Enable automatic sharing and mapping 32
Encryption 70
Encryption keys 45
ESSID (See SSID) 71
Exit ISS 35
F
Files
Accessing and sharing
2
Opening across the network 28
Firewall
Changing the security level
21
Configuring 20
Disabling 22
Security levels 21
Firewall concepts 9
G
Games
Troubleshooting
57
Gateway 70
H
Header (See Preamble) 71
I
ICS
and ISS
56
Troubleshooting 57
Infrastructure mode 4, 70
Installation
AnyPoint software
11
Printer drivers 31
Intel PRO/Wireless 60
Internet connection methods 10
Internet Explorer
and America Online*
63
and CompuServe 65
and Connecting to the Internet using ISS 33
IP address 52
ISP (Internet Service Provider) 70
ISPs
Connecting with ISS
63
Connecting without ISS 35
ISS
and ICS
56
Bypassing 36
Client PC, see Client PC
From more than one manufacturer 55
Server PC, see Server PC
L
Logging on to Windows 15