NETGEAR WPN111 User Manual page 15

User Manual for the NETGEAR RangeMax™ Wireless USB 2.0 Adapter WPN111
Table 2-1. A Road Map for How to Get There From Here
If I Want To? What Do I Do?
E xch a n ge files
1 . U se th e W in d ows
b etwee n a
N etwork
wirelessly
N eigh b orh ood
con n ecte d P C
fe a tu re to b rowse
a n d oth er
for com p u ters in
com p u ters in a
th e com b in ed
m y com b in ed
wireless a n d wired
wireless a n d
n etwork.
wired n etwork.
2 . B rowse th e h a rd
d rive of th e ta rget
com p u ter in th e
n etwork in ord er to
loca te th e d irectory
or files you wa n t to
work with .
3 . U se th e W in d ows
E xp lore r cop y a n d
p a ste fu n ction s to
exch a n ge files
b etwe en th e
com p u ters.
I n trod u ction
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What's Needed?
1 . T h e P C I a m u sin g to
con n ect to th e wirele ss
n etwork n e ed s to b e
con figu red with th e
W in d ows C lien t a n d F ile
a n d P rin t S h a rin g.
2 . T h e P C I a m u sin g to
con n ect to th e wirele ss
n etwork n e ed s to b e
con figu red with th e sa m e
W in d ows W orkgrou p or
D om a in settin gs a s th e
oth er W in d ows com p u ters
in th e com b in ed wire less
a n d wired n etwork.
3 . A n y W in d ows n etworkin g
secu rity a ccess righ ts
su ch a s login u ser n a m e/
p a ssword th a t h a ve b een
a ssign ed in th e W in d ows
n etwork or for sh a rin g
p a rticu la r files m u st b e
p rovid ed wh e n W in d ows
p rom p ts for su ch
in form a tion .
4 . I f so-ca lled W in d ows
'p e er' W orkgrou p
n etworkin g is b ein g u sed ,
th e d rive, file system
d ire ctory, or file n eed to b e
en a b le d for sh a rin g.
How Do I?
F or a ssista n ce with W in d ows
n etworkin g softwa re, see
"P rep a rin g Y ou r C om p u ters for
T C P /I P N etworkin g" on p a ge C -1
for con figu ra tion scen a rios or
re fe r to th e H elp syste m in clu d ed
with you r ve rsion of W in d ows.
W in d ows D om a in se ttin gs a re
u su a lly m a n a ge d b y corp ora te
com p u ter su p p ort grou p s.
W in d ows W orkgrou p settin gs
a re com m on ly m a n a ged b y
in d ivid u a ls wh o wa n t to se t u p
sm a ll n e tworks in th e ir h om e s, or
sm a ll offices.
F or a ssista n ce with settin g u p
W in d ows n e tworkin g, refer to th e
P C N e tworkin g Tu toria l on th e
N E T G E A R R a n ge M a x™
W ireless U S B 2 . 0 A d a p ter
W P N 1 1 1 R e sou rce C D a n d th e
H elp in form a tion p rovid ed in th e
W in d ows system you a re u sin g.
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