Sitecom WL-522 Quick Installation Manual page 8

• Check carefully that all of the checkboxes in the screen Internet configuration for a
LAN have not been checked.
• Continue with the steps in the wizard, until the task is completed.
2.1.2 Windows XP
• In the Taskbar, click on the Start button and select - Settings – Control Panel -
Internet options.
• Select the tab Connections and click the Setup... button.
• When the New Connection Wizard starts, click on Next.
• Select Connect to internet and click on Next.
• Select Set up my connection manually and click on Next.
• Select Connect using a broadband connection that is always on and click on Next.
• Click on Finish to close the Wizard.
• In the Taskbar, click on the Start button and select - Settings – Control Panel -
Internet options.
• Select the Connections tab and click on the LAN Settings button.
• Check carefully that none of the boxes in the Local Area Network (LAN) Settings
window are checked.
2.2 File and Printer Sharing (optional)
Windows 98/ME
To enable File and Printersharing on your network, Right click the icon 'Network
Neighbourhood' on the desktop, choose 'properties'. Click the 'file and
printersharing" button. Simply click the two boxes you see in the resulting dialog box,
then click OK. But before you reboot your computer, you'll need to check a few other
settings.
•
Click the Identification tab in the Network Control Panel. Enter a unique
COMPUTERNAME, and a brief description of your computer in the Computer
Description slot. The WORKGROUP name you assign to each computer must be
exactly the same for every computer on your network.
• Sharing Files and folders:
When you want to share a hard drive (or any other storage device) on one
machine with all of the other machines on the network, simply right-click the drive
letter or folder you wish to share, then select Sharing from the pop-up menu.
After you select Sharing, you'll be presented with a dialog box containing several
options. Type in the Share Name, add a comment, and set the access type. If you
choose Read Only, other computers on the network will be prevented from
copying files into the shared drive or folder. If you select Full, any machine on the
network will be able to write to them as well.
• Sharing printers:
Click 'start', 'settings', and 'printers'. Right click the printer you want to share on
the network and choose "sharing". In the following screen enable sharing and fill
in a sharename, the printer is now shared. To use the network printer on other
PCs in the network, it has to be installed on the other PCs first. Click 'start',
'settings', and 'printers'. Click the 'Add New Printer' icon. The 'New Printer Wizard'
starts. Choose 'network printer'. In the following screen browse to the correct
printer via network environment. The printer will now be installed. Repeat this
steps for all PC's in the network. The printer can now be used from every PC in
the network.