Setting Up Your Notebook - Gateway M250 Networking Manual

Networking Your Notebook
Setting up your access point and making
your wireless network secure
A wireless network sends and receives information through radio waves.
This means that another computer outside your network can intercept
the radio waves and take control of your network.
If you do not set up security for your network, a hacker can gain access
to your Internet connection to send spam e-mail and to your hard drive
to download viruses or view your personal data, like credit card numbers,
Social Security numbers, and personal online banking information.
Check your access point documentation for information about installing
it and setting network security.

Setting up your notebook

Naming your computers and workgroup
Important
To identify this computer on the network:
1
Click
Start
Properties dialog box opens.
2
Click
Computer Name
3
Click
Change
4
Type a unique computer name in the
computer name of up to 15 characters with no blank spaces. Make
sure that your computer name is unique. Your computer name
cannot be all numeric. It must contains some letters.
4
Each computer on your network needs a unique Computer
Name. All the computers on your network need the same
Workgroup Name. You may have already named your
computer and workgroup the first time you turned on your
notebook.
, right-click
My Computer
.
. The Computer Name Changes dialog box opens.
www.gateway.com
, then click
Properties
Computer name
. The System
box. Use a