Appendix; Sharing Your Files And Printers - Linksys EG1032 User Manual

15. Once you are at the Windows desktop, double-click on the Network
Neighborhood icon. You should see an icon for the entire network and the
names of the other PCs on the network. Open the Entire Network icon.
• If you can see your computer along with all the other computers on
the network in Network Neighborhood, then the Windows 95 net-
work configuration is complete. Continue on the Sharing Your Files
and Printers section if you want data from your PC to be available to
others on the network.You may stop here, however, if you wish to con-
figure File and Printer Sharing at a later time.
• If you don't see anything at all in Network Neighborhood, press the F5
key on your keyboard a few times to refresh the screen. If that doesn't
work, go to the Troubleshooting section.
• If you only see your own computer in Network Neighborhood, skip to the
Troubleshooting section.
• If you see all computers on the network except yours, press the F5 key a
few times. If, after a minute or so, you still can't see your own PC, see
the Troubleshooting section.
• If you only see computers that are running the same operating system as
you and you don't see any others, go to the Troubleshooting section.
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Instant Gigabit Network Adapter (EG1032/EG1064)

Appendix

Sharing Your Files and Printers

Overview
By sharing your files and printers, other PCs on your network will be able to
access the resources on your PC.
Before sharing your files and printers, you should prepare your computer to be
used with any file servers that may be on the network. If you are not using
Windows 95 or Windows 98 with an NT or NetWare file server, or if you are
not sure if you have a file server, continue below.
If you are using a NetWare or NT file server, refer to the Novell NetWare 3.x
Client Setup for Windows 95 or 98 or Windows 95 or 98 Client for
Windows NT section, for client setup.
Enabling File Sharing
1. Double-click your My Computer icon. A window of available disk drives
will appear.
2. Using your right mouse button, click once on the drive or folder that you
want to make available to other users.
3. Click on Sharing, followed by the Sharing tab. Click on Share As.
4. In the Share Name box, enter a name for the drive or folder you are sharing.
This can be any drive on your PC—floppy drive, hard drive, CD drive, zip
drive, etc.
5. Decide on the type of access that you want to give other users.
• Read-Only access allows other users to view the files on the selected drive.
• Full access allows other users to create,
change, or delete files on the selected drive.
• Depends on Password allows other users to
have Read-Only and/or Full access to the
selected drive, depending on the password that
you decide to give them.
N N o o t t e e : : If you are only
using your PC to
access the Internet, it is
highly recommended
that you create pass-
words for your shares
.
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