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Wireless Networking User Guide

Your Gateway Solo notebook comes with wireless Ethernet (also known as

IEEE 802.11b or WiFi) networking.

Setting up wireless Ethernet networking

Installing the Client Manager

If you have wireless Ethernet, the first time you start your Gateway Solo

notebook, your system automatically installs the wireless Ethernet drivers.

Immediately following the initial startup, you are asked to install the wireless

Ethernet client manager.

To install the ORiNOCO Client Manager:

1 Insert the ORiNOCO CD in your CD/DVD drive.

2 Click Start, then select Run. The Run dialog box opens.

3 In the Run text box, type D:\cl_mgr\setup.exe (where D is the drive letter

of your CD/DVD drive).

Important For more information about networking your home or

office, discuss your particular needs with your Gateway

Country Store representative. In addition, several books

and Internet sites are dedicated to networking. Refer to

these sources for more information about networking your

home or office with wireless Ethernet.

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8508055.fm Page 1 Monday, July 2, 2001 5:02 PM Wireless Networking User Guide Your Gateway Solo notebook comes with wireless Ethernet (also known as IEEE 802.11b or WiFi) networking. Important For more information about networking your home or office, discuss your particular needs with your Gateway Country Store representative. In addition, several books and Internet sites are dedicated to networking. Refer to these sources for more information about networking your home or office with wireless Ethernet.
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8508055.fm Page 2 Monday, July 2, 2001 5:02 PM 2 4 Click OK. The Client Manager Setup wizard starts. 5 6 Follow the on-screen prompts to complete the setup wizard. After reading the Readme file that appears, click the X in the top right corner of the window to close it. www.gateway.
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8508055.fm Page 3 Monday, July 2, 2001 5:02 PM Wireless Networking User Guide Configuring your wireless Ethernet client manager After you install the client manager, you need to configure your network settings. To configure your wireless Ethernet client manager: 1 Click Start, then select Programs, ORiNOCO, then Client Manager. The ORiNOCO Client Manager window opens. 2 Select Actions, then Add/Edit Profile. The Add/Edit Configuration Profile dialog box opens. www.gateway.
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8508055.fm Page 4 Monday, July 2, 2001 5:02 PM 3 Enter the name of the profile you are creating. When you create the first profile, you should rename the Default profile to the name of your profile. For example, if you will be using your computer on two different networks, such as at home and at work, you may want to name one profile Home and another one Work. 4 Select the type of network associated with this profile.
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8508055.fm Page 5 Monday, July 2, 2001 5:02 PM Wireless Networking User Guide 6 Enter the name of your network and the encryption key (if required). ■ If you are connecting to an access point network, enter ANY to connect to any wireless Ethernet network within range of your notebook, or enter the exact network name of the network you are joining.
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8508055.fm Page 6 Monday, July 2, 2001 5:02 PM Identifying this notebook on the Microsoft Network Neighborhood If this is the first time you have used networking on your notebook, you need to provide Windows with the name of the notebook and the workgroup to which it belongs. To identify this notebook on the network: 6 1 Click Start, then select Settings, then Control Panel. The Control Panel window opens. If you do not see the Network icon, click view all Control Panel options.
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8508055.fm Page 7 Monday, July 2, 2001 5:02 PM Wireless Networking User Guide 6 Enter a description of the notebook. This description lets other Microsoft Network Neighborhood users identify who this notebook belongs to. 7 Click OK. Configuring Windows for wireless Ethernet To configure Windows to use the wireless Ethernet network: 1 Click Start, then select Settings, then Control Panel. The Control Panel window opens. If you do not see the Network icon, click view all Control Panel options.
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508055.fm Page 8 Monday, July 2, 2001 5:02 PM 3 Select TCP/IP -> ORiNOCO Mini PCI Card, then click Properties. The TCP/IP Properties dialog box opens. 4 5 Click the IP Address tab. If you are using a DHCP server, click Obtain an IP address automatically. - OR If you are not using a DHCP server, click Specify an IP address and enter the IP Address and Subnet Mask. Important 6 7 8 If you are required to enter an IP Address and Subnet Mask, ask your network system administrator for the correct values.
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8508055.fm Page 9 Monday, July 2, 2001 5:02 PM Wireless Networking User Guide 8 Click Start, then select Programs, ORiNOCO, then Client Manager. The ORiNOCO Client Manager opens. The meter on the left side now registers the signal strength for wireless Ethernet on your notebook if other computers with the same network name are within range of your notebook. The status box in the middle provides status and error messages.
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8508055.fm Page 10 Monday, July 2, 2001 5:02 PM Accessing a different wireless Ethernet network Once you have set up your profiles for all the possible wireless Ethernet networks you may want to access, it is easy to access a different network. To access a different wireless Ethernet network: 1 2 Right-click the ORiNOCO Client Manager icon in the taskbar. Select Configuration Profile, then the profile that you have set up for the new network.